User Guide

CHAPTER 8
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Applying Effects
Applying and controlling effects
You can apply or remove an effect at any time. Once you’ve applied effects to a layer, you
can temporarily turn off one or all the effects in the layer to concentrate on another aspect
of your composition. Effects that are turned off do not appear in the Composition window
and typically are not included when the layer is previewed or rendered. (However, in the
Render Queue window, you can specify that the composition is rendered with all effects
on, regardless of which effects you are displaying in the Composition window.) Turning
off an effect does not delete the keyframes created for any of the effect properties; all
keyframes remain until the effect is deleted from the layer.
By default, when you apply an effect to a layer, the effect is active for the duration of the
layer. However, you can make an effect start and stop at specific times, or make the effect
more or less intense over time, by using keyframes.
To apply an effect to a layer:
1 In the Timeline or Composition window, select a layer.
2 Choose a category from the Effect menu, and then choose an effect from the submenu.
Using this procedure, you can apply multiple instances of a single effect to a layer.
To open the Effect Controls window:
In the Timeline window, double-click an effect name, or choose Effect > Effect Controls.
To change the color of hot text in the Effect Controls window (or any window):
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Display.
2 Click the Hot Text Color color swatch to select a color, or click the eyedropper to sample
a color from anywhere on the screen. Then click OK.
To select a layer in the Effect Controls window:
Click the tab below the Effect Controls title bar for the layer you want to select.
To open the Options dialog box for an effect:
In the Effect Controls window, click Options to the right of the effect name.
Note: Not all effects include an Options dialog box.
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