User Guide

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User Guide
To change a color label for an individual layer:
1 In the Timeline window, select the layer.
2 Choose Edit > Label > color name.
Note: To change all the similar labels in a composition, right-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) the label and choose Select Label Group. Then, select a new color, as above.
To change the default color label and options for a source type:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Label Colors.
2 Click a color swatch or Eyedropper button, select new colors to replace the existing
colors you want to change, and type new names for the colors, as needed.
3 Click Next, or click the Label Colors pop-up menu and choose Label Defaults.
4 Using the pop-up menus for each type of composition element (Composition, Video,
Audio, and so forth), choose new default colors. When finished, click OK.
Hiding layers in the Composition window
Use the Video switch to exclude or include layers from appearing in the Composition
window. The Video switch is on by default, so the layer displays in the Composition
window. When you want to speed up redraw or exclude a layer from appearing in both the
preview and the rendered version, turn off the Video switch.
To show or hide a layer in the Composition window:
Do either of the following:
• To show or hide a layer, click the Video ( ) switch for that layer in the Timeline window.
• Select a layer, choose Layer > Switches, and make sure that the Video command is
selected (to display the layer) or deselected (to hide the layer).
To hide all layers that are not selected in the Composition window:
Choose Layer > Switches > Hide Other Video.
To show all layers in the Composition window:
Choose Layer > Switches > Show All Video.
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