Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard DE CD Mac 12040136 User Manual

• Easily add motion to static Adobe Encore menu designs in Aer Effects, save Aer Effects compositions 

as layered Photoshop files to use as menus in Adobe Encore, and designate subcompositions as buttons 
(Windows only).

• Turn any Illustrator or Photoshop path into a mask or motion path for use on any layer.

• Choose whether layers in Illustrator and Photoshop files import at their original size or at the same size as 

the composition.

Streamlined user interface

• Learn as you work with Tool Tips, context-sensitive menus, and comprehensive online Help.

• Build on your Adobe expertise: Aer Effects uses Adobe-standard tools, palettes, menus, and shortcuts.

• Work more intuitively with the mouse wheel to zoom and scroll, adjust the brightness of the Aer Effects 

interface, and more.

Parenting

• Create parent-child relationships between layers to efficiently apply transformations and other effects to 

multiple layers.

• Animate the scale or position of a parent layer and automatically apply the behavior to its child layers.

Flexible media management

• Share projects and files across Windows and Macintosh platforms.

• Use post-render actions to streamline back-end production tasks, such as creating proxies or replacing 

project footage with output from the Render Queue.

• Mix multiple file resolutions from small thumbnails up to 30,000x30,000-pixel frames.

• Use commands such as Find, Reveal, Reduce Project, and Collect Files to manage files easily.

• View and print a flowchart of a composition or project to see how it’s organized and what footage, layers, 

and effects are used.