Very Basic Question

[Dave Johnson]

You can choose which area of the video to apply any given effect to by either applying the effect to a masked adjustment layer or precomposing only the layers you want to apply the effect to. Which method is best depends on the specific circumstance.

For the first method, add a solid to your comp, draw a mask on the solid to isolate the area you want to be affected, apply the effect you want, then click the adjustment layer button for the solid’s layer.

For the second method, select the layers you want to precompose, then go to the Layer menu and select “precompose”. AE will move those layers into a new precomp and put a copy of that precomp into your main comp where the layers it contains originally were.

I hope this helps.

[Mitch Hockley]

Thanks very much for your help, I’m sorted.

Mitch.