Where you work with footage items
In a project, you work with footage items using primarily three windows: the Project window, which lists all the source footage items you import; the Composition window, which displays images as they relate in space; and the Timeline window, which displays compositions and animation events in terms of time. Add footage items to a composition by dragging them from the Project window into either the Composition window or the Timeline window. Each Composition window has a corresponding Timeline window. When you edit a composition in a Composition window, After Effects automatically displays the corresponding Timeline window, and vice versa. ![]() A. Source footage B. Project window C. Composition window D. Timeline window As you work with compositions, you also use three other types of windows: Footage windows, Layer windows, and Effect Controls windows. When you render your compositions into a movie, you work in the Render Queue window to select rendering options and queue compositions for rendering (see Using the Render Queue window). |