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Participant
Jun 16, 2025 11:56 PM UTC
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Holding option and scrolling to zoom has been removed, but why?

This is something I use constantly to navigate quickly around the stage to zoom in and out of specific areas so I am just super confused why, after all these years, that would be removed unless it was a mistake.

nishu_kush
nishu_kushCorrect answer
Legend
Jul 1, 2025 5:52 AM UTC

In After Effects Preferences > Previews > change the Trackpad Scrolling dropdown to Zoom.

Let me know how it goes. Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.


Thanks,
Nishu

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Participant
Jul 18, 2025 9:33 PM UTC

Bring back panning with scroll / zooming with option scroll please.

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nishu_kush
nishu_kushCorrect answer
Legend
Jul 1, 2025 5:52 AM UTC

In After Effects Preferences > Previews > change the Trackpad Scrolling dropdown to Zoom.

Let me know how it goes. Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.


Thanks,
Nishu

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Participant
Jul 2, 2025 1:15 PM UTC

Thank you!!

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Community Expert
Jul 1, 2025 1:29 AM UTC

What operating system are you on?

Have you tried resetting preferences? o reset After Effects preferences, close the application, then launch it while holding down Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Windows) or Command + Option + Shift (Mac OS). This will open the Startup Repair Options dialogue box, where you can choose to reset preferences. 

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Participant
Jun 30, 2025 2:03 PM UTC

I second this question, my work time since it has been removed has increased, the absence of this feature seriously slows me down.

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