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Customizing Flowchart View


    You can customize Flowchart View using the Flowchart View menu. Specify the type of lines between elements (angled or straight), justification, what tiles appear (layers with or without showing effects), and flow direction. The menu also includes a Cleanup command to reorganize elements in aligned flowcharts.

    You can also use the four buttons along the bottom of the Flowchart View window, which are shortcuts for many of these menu commands. The Show Effects button (The Show Effects button) is unique because it also serves as a slider for the justification commands. Use the slider by holding down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag the slider.

    See Help iconFor keyboard shortcuts for these and other procedures, see the After Effects 5.0 Quick Reference Card. For tool tips identifying the buttons in the Flowchart View window, let your pointer hover over a button until the tool tip appears.

    You can change the tile label colors in Flowchart View using a context menu.

To change label colors in Flowchart View:

  1. Select the tile you want to change to a different color.
  2. Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) the name section of the tile, and choose the color (or None) you want to apply.
  3. Tip iconTo apply the new color to all elements in that label group, choose Select Label Group from the context menu to select all those items before you do step 2.