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Setting the background color of a composition


    The default background color for the Composition window is black, but you can change the color at any time. When you add one composition to a second composition (nesting), the second composition's background color is preserved, and the first composition's background becomes transparent. If you want to preserve the first composition's solid background color, create a new, colored solid to use as a background layer in the first composition. See Creating a new solid layer. For more information on nesting, see Organizing a project using nesting.

    You can also change the color of the pasteboard in the Composition window.

To set the background color of a composition:

  1. Choose Composition > Background Color.
  2. Click the color swatch to select a color, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from anywhere on the screen. Then click OK.

To set the pasteboard color of a composition:

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Display.
  2. Click the color swatch to select a color, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from anywhere on the screen. Then click OK.