How to unlock objects in After Effects CC 2018?

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February 22, 2018
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Okay, hi im feelin so dumb right now...

Im really not a professional in working with After Effects. I just work with templates most of the time but i have a problem now and really dont know how to solve it.

In the Main Comp of a Outro Template for YouTube is an object i want to delete or just make it not visible. But i cant delete it. If i try to its just blinking dark so it seems to be locked or something. I cant hide it because i dont find the right button lol. I hope you can help me +

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Dave_LaRonde

Inspiring

Look for the little lock icon with the layer's switches. Unlock it.

There's probably a reason why it was locked. If you're an AE newbie, don't expect things to work as you expect when you do what you're going to do to it.

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MadeByKOOBIAuthor

Participant

But exactly this is my problem XD there is no lock icon where it normaly should be... the object marked red should get deleted

Roland Kahlenberg

Legend

There is a default shortcut to unlock ALL layers - CTRL+SHIFT+L. See if this helps.

You should also enable the Switches Panel - this is where the Lock Switch resides. It's the far left icon at the bottom of the Timeline - you can see it in the image you posted. Additionally, you may want to view the other UI sections by clicking on the other two icons - on the right are the In-Out and Duration indicators and in the middle is the button to enable viewing of the Blending Modes and Track Mattes features.

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