Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #45751
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] default tool
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:03:01 -0600
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
The default tool should be the last one you selected. In general, a good working strategy is to press V to get the Selection tool, then just press and hold the key to temporarily select other tools (such as G for masking). When you release that key, the tool reverts to the previously selected one.

In the case of Text, that tool is auto-selected if you double-click a text layer; might that be what's going on? Or perhaps the Text tool is just selected, and you only notice the specific cursor when you move it over the Comp panel? (If I remember correctly, it acts like a selection tool in the Timeline panel.)

 - Chris
 
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