Jonathan Ramsey
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Ahha! So simple. So easily missed. THANL YOU. Adobe calls it the Eyeball Switch so I made the assumption it would be SWITCHES. AV FEATURES did the trick.
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These are called lower-thirds. What makes them “overlay” the background video is either the level of transparency or the transfer mode. So, if you have a solid rectangle on which the text resides, you can change the transparency from 100% to something less and it will begin to see-through the rectangle to show layers below it (presumably for you the video). Likewise, you can toggle on and off the transfer mode options (bottom left of the timeline window) or find them in the Layers menu. Each one interacts with the layers beneath it differently for many effects. All of these settings are also key-framable.
Transparency is easiest to access by clicking a layer and hitting “T” on the keyboard. It is also the easiest to work with as you start on this path.
Ramsey
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You can try changing your Window>Workspace to another setting and see if it shows up. It’s probably just hidden under another window. Things can get messy quickly in AE if you dock and undock panels/frames. Look carefully at all the tabs in every panel. some make you scroll right/left to see the tabs.
Ramsey