• Adobe After Effects

  Is there any way of easily selecting a file in composition window?

  Posted by Daniel Haskett on April 20, 2005 at 11:53 pm

  Hi there

  I was just wondering if there is a function in after effects similar to that in photoshop whereby if you ctrl click on a layer it will select that layer for you. Say you have like 20 layers on the screen, is there any easy way of selecting on of them like in photoshop instead of having to go through each layer in the timeline?

  Thanks in advance,

  Dan

  Scott Spengler replied 21 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Daniel Haskett

  April 21, 2005 at 12:49 am

  Fair enough

  Can you recommend a way of finding a layer if you have 20 layers on the screen which are all the same image? Thats mainly what Im having problems with…

  thanks

  dan
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  Chris Smith

  April 21, 2005 at 4:15 am

  Why not rename the layers?

  Chris Smith
  https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com
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  Scott Spengler

  April 21, 2005 at 9:16 pm

  Dan,
  In your Comp window just hover and then Right+Click what looks like the layer you want. This will bring up a contextual menu and at the bottom will be “Select >…” . Just select you layer from there.

  However, if you’ve got 6 dozen layers all named the same thing, it’ll still be a bit tough. As Chris mentioned, rename your layers as you go. Makes things so much easier.

  Scott

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