Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 29)

23 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
User interface
Last updated 12/21/2009
• Added Transform > Flip Horizontal, Transform > Flip Vertical, Transform > Center In View, Open Footage, Open
Composition, Convert To Live Photoshop 3D, and Convert To Editable Text to context menu for a layer. See “
Scale
or flip a layer ” on page 164, “ Move layers in space ” on page 145, “ Opening layers and layer sources ” on page 139,
“ 3D object layers from Photoshop ” on page 185, and “ Convert text from Photoshop to editable text ” on page 346.
• Changed Create Outlines to Create Shapes From Text in context menu for a layer. See “ Create shapes from text ”
on page 319.
• Added Create Masks From Text in context menu for a layer. See “ Create masks from text ” on page 319.
• Added Use Display Color Management, Simulate Output, and Set Project Working Space to Show Channel menu.
See “
Enable or disable display color management ” on page 292, “ Simulate how colors will appear on a different
output device ” on page 292, and “ Choose a working color space and enable color management ” on page 288
• Added Auto to Resolution/Down Sample Factor menu. Removed Auto-zoom When Resolution Changes
preference. See “
Resolution ” on page 206.
• Changed Adaptive Resolution to Adaptive Resolution—OpenGL Off in Fast Previews menu. See “ Preview modes ”
on page 200.
Effects & Presets panel
• Added Blur & Sharpen > Bilateral Blur. See “ Bilateral Blur effect ” on page 440.
• Added Noise & Grain > Turbulent Noise. See “ Turbulent Noise effect ” on page 537.
• Added Obsolete effect category and moved Basic 3D, Basic Text, Lightning, and Path Text into this category. See
“
Obsolete effects ” on page 613.
• Added Stylize > Cartoon. See “ Cartoon effect ” on page 584.
• Upgraded the color depth of many effects so that these effects can work with 32-bpc color. See “ Effects overview
and resources ” on page 388.
Effect Controls panel
• Added Copy Expression Only to context menu for property. See “ Save and reuse expressions ” on page 652.
Layer panel
• Added Transform > Flip Horizontal, Transform > Flip Vertical, Transform > Center In View, Open Footage, Open
Composition, Convert To Live Photoshop 3D, and Convert To Editable Text to context menu for a layer. See “
Scale
or flip a layer ” on page 164, “ Move layers in space ” on page 145, “ Opening layers and layer sources ” on page 139,
“ 3D object layers from Photoshop ” on page 185, and “ Convert text from Photoshop to editable text ” on page 346.
Mask Interpolation panel
• Changed name of panel from Smart Mask Interpolation to Mask Interpolation. See “ Animate a mask path with
Smart Mask Interpolation ” on page 329.
Metadata panel
• Added new Metadata panel. See “ XMP metadata ” on page 625.
Preview panel
• Changed name of panel from Time Controls to Preview. See “ Preview video and audio ” on page 195.