From: "Chris Zwar" <chris@chriszwar.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:55:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [AE] Who uses the =?us-ascii?Q?=22region?= of 
    =?us-ascii?Q?interest=22?= feature in After Effects?
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From: Todd Kopriva [mailto:kopriva@adobe.com]
Do you use the region of interest feature.
Please, do feel free to go into more detail after the "yes" or "no".

YES!

However - I rarely use it for its intended purpose, which is RAM previewi=
ng a smaller area of a large canvas.  I use it extensively for the "crop =
comp to region of interest" feature.  I have never seen anyone else use t=
his function, and I included it in one of my PVC tutorials on unused feat=
ures in After Effects.  But I do it all the time, I think of it as the cr=
op tool in Photoshop - it's basically the same thing.

Not being able to crop a composition using the ROI tool would be a major =
blow to me.

The RAM preview thing, however, is not something I would miss.  If you ar=
e thinking of scrapping the ROI tool then please don't remove it altogeth=
er, just add a crop icon (as in Photoshop) to the toolbar so we can crop =
a composition with one click.


-Chris