User Guide

CHAPTER 1
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Working with Projects, Windows, and Palettes
Effect Controls windows By default, effects you apply to layers are grouped in one Effect
Controls window. You can combine Effect Controls tabs only with other Effect Controls
windows.
Project window You cannot group Project windows with any other windows.
Reorganizing windows
Use the following techniques to reorganize windows:
• To change the default from grouped windows to ungrouped windows, choose Edit >
Preferences > General, deselect Tabbed Windows, and click OK.
• To rearrange or separate a group window, drag the tab for a window.
• To move a window to another group window, drag its tab to that group.
• To group Layer or Footage windows with Composition windows by default, open a Layer
or Footage window and choose Window > Group Tab with Comps.
• To display a window menu, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette or
window (not available for all windows or palettes).
• To resize a window, drag any edge (Windows) or drag its lower right corner (Mac OS).
• If a window contains more grouped windows than After Effects can display at once, drag
the slider bar that appears above the tabs.
• To open a Timeline window from its Composition window (and vice versa), select the
tab for the window and then click the Comp Family button above the vertical scroll bar.
• To display a window that is obscured by other windows, select it from the Window
menu.
• If both the Composition and Timeline windows are closed, double-click the compo-
sition’s icon in the Project window to open both windows again.
• When you close a single window in a group, you can make sure that related windows,
such as the Timeline and Composition window for the same composition, are closed at
the same time. To turn on this option, choose Window > Closing in Groups to select it. To
close individual windows without closing related windows, deselect this menu command.
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