[Donavan]

Thanks for the response. I’d like to on occasion just get the pasteboard to black like in previous versions, not the whole interface to dark grey. The dark grey still isn’t dark enough to see if there are any anomolies around the edge. It would be a shame if this feature really was removed in AE7.

[Donavan]

Thank you, that does indeed seem to fix the problem. Thanks also for the link, very useful info!

[Donavan]

Thanks for the reply. Shift+drag to the new document does seem to snap to center – not nearly as convenient or speedy as PS 7 in setting up an action (by right clicking on the layer name to duplicate), but it does work. I appreciate the solution though!