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Selecting the composition layer that corresponds with the footage in my viewport.
Hello Everyone!
I’ve got a problem that might be very easy to solve. My AE project is huge +300 layers in one composition :p Let’s say my timeline slider is at 0:00:01:30. How can i select the correct layer that’s shown on my viewport right now? When i for example right click my footage in the viewport and go: “Reveal Layer Source in Project” it only shows me the top most layer of my composition and not the correct layer that is somewhere in the 300 haystack :p. Same problem when i select the footage (in the viewport) to move its possition, it doesnt select the correct layer but only the top layer…
Help would be greatly appreciated!!
Grtz Ruud
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4 Replies
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Ruud
Instead of selecting Reveal Source Layer in Project, Select the layer in view port and press P,T,R, or S. This will highlight the selected layer in the timeline.
Just a small trick.
Vishesh Arora
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Hey Vishesh,
When i select the layer in the viewport it automaticly selects my top layer in the timeline and not one of the (correct) layers underneath. When i press P.T.R.S it only effects my top layer. Any thoughts about this?
Thanks for your reply!
Grtz Ruud
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Try R-clicking (ctrl+click on mac). At the bottom of the menu, choose select > your layer.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply! That would be a nice solution, but unfourtunately i’ve had to pre-compose every layer seperatly because i had to add custom adjustment layers and sfx to almost all the individual video layers. The pre-composed layers are as a big as my timeline, and not as big as the smaller video layers inside each one. I should have trimmed every composition to match the video layer duration but at that time, that seemed as a waste of time :p So now when i select the footage in my viewport, i actually select the transparancy of the top most composition. And when i use your solution now, i see all my layers.
I just finished this project, but for my next project i’m def gonna trim my compositions so that i can use the solutions you and Vishesh proposed. Still a new feature in the next AE would be appreciated. It shouldn’t be to hard for adobe to add a feature to select the layer corresponding to the selected pixel in the viewport (ignoring transparency).
Anyways thanks for your help!
Grtz Ruud
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