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Inspiring
September 28, 2022
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Control timeline properties from the effects panel - Effects panel to Properties panel

  • September 28, 2022
  • 21 replies
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Camera layers, Lights, Sound, these layers will never have effects applied to them, why would we display an empty effects panel and waste AE screen real-estate, while it could be the perfect place to control the properties for these layers?

Think about other properties like shape layers for example and how easy it would be to just control their properties in the effect/properties panel!

Here is how that could work: http://www.sandervandijk.tv/after-effects-features/effects#property-controls

21 replies

jackthegiantkiller
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
It's sad to see so many good ideas with plenty of votes not receive even the slightest acknowledgment from Adobe, much less be under review. Adobe, you do realize how few of these requests, other than outright bug reports, you deign to consider?
LDQDomo
Participant
September 28, 2022
Still for it.
Still no changes.
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
This would help me so much... Big Vote
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
Give Adobe a brake. They are working ******* restoring proportional scaling in Photoshop.
mave1969
Known Participant
September 28, 2022
Very nicely thought out and presented. Cannot overstate how useful and necessary something like this is.

And yet… posted 9 months ago, 4th most popular suggestion on the whole site, and not a peep from Adobe. Kind of says it all.
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
It looks great how Sander shows in the video. Right now, the only way to work (a little bit) efficiently is the search function of the timeline. The idea by Sander to have the search function also in this new effect/properties panel is also great!
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
Yes, Please.. This will save a lot of time!!!
mrjacobweber
Known Participant
September 28, 2022
Yes, please!
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
The efficiency here would be unreal!!
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
/drool