Return-Path: Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.55.9] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4688635 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:43:31 +0200 Received: (qmail 18000 invoked by uid 0); 17 Apr 2012 23:44:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box586.bluehost.com) (66.147.242.186) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 17 Apr 2012 23:44:25 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dunbardigital.com; s=default; h=References:Date:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:To:From:Message-Id; bh=RLchHMbgCXR9f6+NgbcKMMhBlmFj64yVxx/lHJenu4Q=; b=Q29v/pjKDoVEVIDcdMZ8hNLGyZkGEwf9dvZJYx2fq0pNhgfY1r1HQKHaz6d2ny3OuJcAOKKwSDpSdn1nJUZUIw1StL1ekw5PNpYmAIkPqJjP7Jh0VaIw9fU1YYyy8Qjt; Received: from [96.251.18.120] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by box586.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SKI4P-0005zI-IG for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:44:25 -0600 Message-Id: <176EDEAC-4658-47CA-99F3-A047E4AEAD7B@dunbardigital.com> From: Dennis Dunbar To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-62--83221719 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [AE] AE CS7 Feature Requests Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:44:23 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Identified-User: {1434:box586.bluehost.com:dunbardi:dunbardigital.com} {sentby:smtp auth 96.251.18.120 authed with dennis@dunbardigital.com} --Apple-Mail-62--83221719 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While I'm newcomer to AE I've spent 20 years working in Photoshop and would love to have the layer groups option. As implemented in Photoshop it's a very easy way to organize layers and keep track of what's what within your comp. And even more powerful would be the ability to give these layer groups their own mask and blending modes. Now THAT would be cool! Dennis Dunbar Blog: http://www.dunbardigital.com/blog/blog.php Website: http://www.dunbardigital.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/DennisDunbar On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote: > Yes, it would be cool to have a twirly that revealed a precomp's > layers = > and allowed editing=85. But honestly, I can live without editing > another = > comps timeline in this timeline. That could be quite confusing once > you = > start time remapping things. > > But I would be really really happy to get layer folders. I sometimes = > have comps with a lot of layers, I don't want to precomp them, but = > something that lets me organize them into groups (layer folders > would do = > nicely) would be great. It's high time we had something more than > hiding = > layers and setting colors=85 > > > > - chris --Apple-Mail-62--83221719 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While I'm newcomer to AE I've = spent 20 years working in Photoshop and would love to have the layer = groups option. As implemented in Photoshop it's a very easy way to = organize layers and keep track of what's what within your = comp. 

And even more powerful would be the = ability to give these layer groups their own mask and blending modes. = Now THAT would be cool!


On = Apr 17, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote:

Yes, it would = be cool to have a twirly that revealed a precomp's layers =3D
and = allowed editing=3D85. But honestly, I can live without editing another = =3D
comps timeline in this timeline. That could be quite confusing = once you =3D
start time remapping things.

But I would be = really really happy to get layer folders. I sometimes =3D
have comps = with a lot of layers, I don't want to precomp them, but =3D
something = that lets me organize them into groups (layer folders would do = =3D
nicely) would be great. It's high time we had something more than = hiding =3D
layers and setting colors=3D85



- = chris

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