Return-Path: Received: from m1plsmtpa01-03.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.4] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4587154 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:34:14 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.107] ([173.247.4.230]) by m1plsmtpa01-03.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id Lvh71i00A4xm87901vh94w; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:41:09 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] timeline view References: From: Greg Balint Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-70530377-CBB5-44D4-8AD4-A069A37AAAA2 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A334) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <56072832-B23B-456E-8DE7-974D5521E043@delrazor.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:41:23 -0500 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-70530377-CBB5-44D4-8AD4-A069A37AAAA2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Honestly, a lot of times I just go ahead and trim to work area. Nothing past= the end gets lost. The layers don't even trim down. Once you're done with w= hat you needed just go to the comp settings and set the length back to what y= ou need.=20 Only issue would be if you create new layers as they would be trim to the ne= w length.=20 Also this may not work so well if the beginning is getting trimmed, but you= can still set the length back to original and then just select all layers a= nd drag them all right until everything lines up again at the start. It's no= t perfect, but it only takes a few extra steps to make happen and it's on to= the next task before you know it.=20 ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer delRAZOR.com/ On Jan 12, 2012, at 11:34 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote: > I've wanted this forever. >=20 > timt >=20 > From: "Mike Janson" >=20 > i know the semi-colon toggles between big and small scale timeline views, b= ut is there a shortcut that sets the view to include only the work area? thn= x in advance ae geniuses! --Apple-Mail-70530377-CBB5-44D4-8AD4-A069A37AAAA2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Honestly, a lot of times I= just go ahead and trim to work area. Nothing past the end gets lost.  = The layers don't even trim down. Once you're done with what you needed just g= o to the comp settings and set the length back to what you need. 
=

Only issue would be if you create new layers as they wou= ld be trim to the new length. 

 Also this= may not work so well if the beginning is getting trimmed, but you can still= set the length back to original and then just select all layers and drag th= em all right until everything lines up again at the start. It's not perfect,= but it only takes a few extra steps to make happen and it's on to the next t= ask before you know it. 

////Greg Balint
///Art Director / M= otion Graphics Designer

On Jan 12, 2012, at 11:34 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote:

I've wanted this forever.

timt
From: "Mike Janson" <michaelmailing@yahoo.com>

i know the se= mi-colon toggles between big and small scale timeline views, but is there a s= hortcut that sets the view to include only the work area? thnx in advance ae= geniuses!
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