User Guide

CHAPTER 3
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Building a Composition
To set the frame rate for footage:
1 Select an item in the Project window.
2 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Main.
3 In the Frame Rate section of the Interpret Footage dialog box, specify a frame rate for
Conform to Frame Rate.
Note: If you remove 3:2 pulldown from interlaced video footage, After Effects automatically
sets the frame rate of the resulting footage to four-fifths of the original frame rate. When
removing 3:2 pulldown from NTSC video, the resulting frame rate is 24 fps. See online Help.
Looping footage
If you intend to loop visual footage continuously in your project, you need to create only
one cycle of the footage in After Effects.
To loop footage:
1 In the Project window, select the footage you want to loop.
2 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Main.
3 Type an integer value for Looping and click OK.
Copying Interpret Footage settings
If you want to ensure that different footage items use the same Interpret Footage settings,
copy settings from one item and apply them to others.
To apply Interpret Footage settings to several footage items:
1 In the Project window, select the item whose footage interpretations you want to apply.
2 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Remember Interpretation.
3 Select one or more footage items.
4 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Apply Interpretation. After Effects applies the
footage interpretation options to the selected items.
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