Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 5.0 (Win 64-bit for CS5 or CS5.5) - Manual (Page 7)

Override composition setting preset
Sometimes you want your After Effects comp to be setup differently than your editing
timeline was set, you can use this setting to override how the new comp is created.
The composition created by Pro Import AE will match the size and frame rate defined by
the selected preset.
Customizing the preset list
Unfortunately Pro Import AE is not able to read comp presets from After Effectsʼ
preferences, so we have built our own XML settings file you can edit if you would like to
modify the contents of this menu.
On Mac OS X, you can find an alias to the file “ADCompPresets.xml” located inside the
plug-in package. Locate your After Effects plug-ins folder and in there you should be a
file called AutoDuck Pro Import AE.plugin. In the Finder, right-click (or hold Control
down while click-ing on the package) and a contextual menu will appear. Choose
“Show Package Contents” and a new Finder window appears. Open the Contents
folder and “ADCompPresets.xml” will be in there. Open this file in your favorite text
editor. We like
TextWrangler , it is free!
On Windows, you can find the “AECompPresets.xml” file located inside the “Supporting
Files” folder which should be located at the same location as “AutoDuck Pro Import
AE.aex” inside an “Automatic Duck” folder in your After Effects plug-ins folder. Open this
file in a text editor like Notepad.
You will see the presets shown in the XML file plus instructions for how to format
additions you make to the file. Just add new lines in the format shown, save the file and
relaunch After Effects and you should see your custom setting appear in the list.
Layer step options
Some users work in AE with their clips “stepping up” the timeline, while others prefer to
“step down”. Which is better? Who knows, but Pro Import AE gives you a choice.
When Layers step up in comp is selected, layers from earlier in the comp appear lower
in the layer order and later clips appear higher. The clips look like stairs going upwards.
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