Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 5.0 (Win 64-bit for CS5 or CS5.5) User Manual
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As you would expect, when Layers step down in comp is selected, layers from earlier in
the comp appear higher in the layer order and later clips appear lower. The clips look
like stairs going downwards.
So there you go, more choices for you.
Keep vertically adjacent clips together
Historically Pro Import AE has added clips to the timeline as they were processed as the
plug-in processed clips, first left to right on V1, then left to right on V2, etc. This meant
that for a long sequence, a clip on V2 that appeared right on top of a clip on V1 would
be vertically separated from the V1 clip in After Effects.
The Keep vertically adjacent clips together option reorganizes the timeline so that a clip
from V2 will be immediately above its V1 neighbor.
There are rules for how the plug-in decides to do this. The “vertically adjacent” clips
must start at the same frame and must have the same duration.
This option only considers video clips, audio clips are not reordered in the timeline.
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