User Guide

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ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 5.0
User Guide
Intelligent caching
When you make changes to a composition, only the cached frames affected by the edit are
invalidated—so only those frames need to be re-rendered when you preview the compo-
sition. This uses RAM more efficiently and results in much faster previewing. A thin green
bar beneath the time scale in the Timeline window indicates cached frames, so you can see
at a glance how many are currently cached.
Dynamic previews
After Effects now previews layers interactively so you see results as you make changes. To
maintain optimal interactivity, After Effects may temporarily drop image resolution.
Improved RAM Previews
Define a Region of Interest that displays just a portion of the composition in order to
create longer previews more quickly. View RAM Previews in the Footage and Layer
windows or in full-screen mode; specify whether to preview a continuous loop, a single
segment, or a palindrome; and define two different sets of RAM Preview options to get the
preview quality most relevant to your work.
Enhanced integration with Adobe software
Work with vector masks and preserve 16-bit color info when you import Adobe
Photoshop 6 files. When you import Adobe Illustrator 9 files using the PDF file format,
transparency settings and transfer modes can be preserved. Embed a link in the After
Effects movies you output so that you can use the Edit Original command in Adobe
Premiere to open the original project.
Property values are scrubbable hot text
Enter values directly in the Timeline and Effects Control windows or scrub across a value
(scrub hot text) to interactively preview property value settings.
Unified Import dialog
Use a single dialog box for footage, projects, multilayered Photoshop and Illustrator files,
and more.
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