User Guide

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ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0
User Guide
• Move the current-time marker in the Layer window to the time at which you want the
footage to begin or end, and then click the In ( ) or Out ( ) button to set the In or Out point.
A pale rectangle behind the layer duration bar represents the footage you trimmed.
Move the current-time marker precisely in either the Layer or Timeline window by
choosing View > Go to Time.
Note: If the entire layer duration bar moves when you drag, you’ve accidentally grabbed the
layer itself; choose Edit > Undo Layer Time Change and try again.
Moving a trimmed layer in time
After you trim a layer by setting In and Out points, you can adjust the duration position
in two ways that have different results.
Dragging the duration bar If you drag the colored area of the duration bar, the trimmed
footage starts and finishes playing at a different point in time. The length of the play time
and the frames that appear remain unchanged.
Dragging the dimmed outline If you drag the pale rectangle behind the duration bar, the
footage starts and ends at the same point in time as the original position, but different
frames appear. For example, if you drag the pale rectangle to the left, then the In and Out
points shift to later frames in the footage. (This is similar to a “slip edit” in common
editing applications.)
Removing a section of a layer
Remove a portion from the middle of one or more layers from the Timeline using the
following two methods:
• Lifting removes a section from the layers and leaves a gap of the same duration as the
section you remove.
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