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  After effects selecting whole composition

  Posted by Faiza Awan on June 21, 2021 at 3:14 pm

  Hi Guys,

  I am going crazy trying to solve this problem but may be somebody can help me. I am new to After effects. My problem is that when I click in workspace area whole composition is selected. If I add an image that image cannot be selected and I cannot resize it. If I open a new empty project then everything works fine but my existing project has somehow stopped working. I am attaching an image, may be that will help explain my issue better. As it can be seen in the image that whole workarea is selected and not the image itself.

  any guidance in this regard will be appreciated.

  Thanks

  SM

  

  Faiza Awan replied 5 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Faiza Awan

  June 21, 2021 at 3:17 pm

  I have zoomed out timelines and checked many times.. there is no other layer outside of timeline blocking this image .. even if I select the first iamge of my project .. I cannot even edit that..

  

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  Eric Santiago

  June 21, 2021 at 3:52 pm

  What happens when you select the layer in the timeline?

  Do you see it selected in the main comp window?

  use locks and see if that helps.
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  Faiza Awan

  June 21, 2021 at 3:54 pm

  Thanks for your reply. It is resolved now. It was not the locks.

  I just had to turn on “toggle Mask and Shape Path Visibility” option given on the toolbar of workplace area.

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