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Chapter 11: Managing Projects
Effectively
s you create large or intricate After Effects projects, use After Effects management
tools to meet the challenges of organizing projects, speeding up previews, and
working efficiently.
Flowchart View, nested compositions, and prerendering movies are some of the ways you
can control a complex project.
For more tips on working efficiently, using RAM effectively, and running After
Effects on multiprocessor systems, see online Help.
Visualizing organization with Flowchart View
After Effects provides a separate Flowchart View for each composition and for the overall
project to help you keep a “big picture” perspective on complex projects. In Flowchart View,
individual boxes (or tiles) represent each composition, layer, and footage item, including any
applied effects. Directional arrows represent the relationships between components.
Note: Flowchart View only shows you the existing relationships. You cannot use this view to
change relationships between project elements.
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