cutting the layer

[pauldinesh]

hi people,

i have imported the video in AE..now that since the video layer is too big, i wanna edit the layer but cutting it down.....where can i find out a tool to cut down the layer in AE....thanks

 

dinesh

[kippu]

paul ...maybe some one might know the answer to your query , but in the offchance that you dont get an answer i guess you will be better off asking this in After effects specific forum / cgtalk

[BrianKitts]

You can't have two objects on one layer in AE, everything gets it's own layer, so there is no cut tool in AE.... that's premiere.

 

So for what are trying to do......

 

1. set the CTI at your "cut point"

2. press ctrl-D to duplicate your current track

3. hold shift and drag the outpoint of the primary track back to the CTI,

4. hold shift and drag the inpoint of the duplicate track forward to the CTI.

Edited July 8, 2009 by BrianKitts

[BrianKitts]

dug this thread up as I just found the better way to do what I mentioned in my previous post.

 

set your CTI in the middle of the layer you want to cut... and press ctrl-shift-D also found under the file menu @ edit > split layer, done!

[erickdt]

I think he's saying his video is too big for the composition. If that's the case you can either change the size of the space your working with through composition settings or you can go to transform for that particular layer and use the scale transform to shink down the source video inside the composition.