Difference between Close and Close Project in After Effect’s File menu

[Zach Meissner]

‘Close’ will just close the comp window in the timeline viewer. ‘Close Project’ actually closes the file you’re working on and gives you a blank slate.

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[Vishesh Arora]

Sebastian

To add on what Zach ahs said:

“Close” option will close the composition and has a shortcut key ” Cntl + W”. If you press ” Cntrl + Alt + W “, All the composition from the Timeline will be closed.

I use this shortcut when too many comps and pre-comps are opened in Timeline just to clean up and then open only the required one.

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