Customizing the Project window

When you open a new project, the application creates a default project window that contains a thumbnail area, labeled columns, and a series of buttons on the bottom of the window. You can customize the columns and the appearance of the thumbnail area.

To display or hide a column:

1. Choose Project Window > Columns.
2. Select the column you want to display or hide. A check mark indicates the column is showing.

To resize a column:

Drag the bar on the right of a column name. Drag to the left to decrease the size of a column, and drag to the right to increase the size of a column.

Note: You cannot change the size of the Duration column.

To change the order of the columns:

Select the column name and drag it to a new location.

To hide the thumbnail view:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Display (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > Display (Mac OS).
2. Select Disable Thumbnails in the Project Window, and then click OK.

To add a transparency grid to the thumbnail view:

Choose Project Window > Thumbnail Transparency Grid. A check mark indicates that the grid is turned on.