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Make objects visible outside canvas

Participant ,
Oct 05, 2018 Oct 05, 2018

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Is there a way to see objects which are placed outside the canvas? (Outside the dimensions of the composition) Off stage. Like in Animate or Illustrator.

That would be so handy for me, animating stuff which come sliding in/out of view.

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LEGEND ,
Oct 05, 2018 Oct 05, 2018

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Nope. You only ever get to see the layer bounding box. everything else will have tzo be handled by structuring your project suitably using nested compositions etc..

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Oct 05, 2018 Oct 05, 2018

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If you'd like to see this as a feature in future versions, you can request it here.
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Oct 05, 2018 Oct 05, 2018

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You can always go to the front view or any custom view and use the camera tool to pull back and see elements outside the Active Camera view. I do it all the time.

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May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024

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how exactly do you do this?? i dont understand

 

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May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024

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The Front view is only visible when using 3D layers, if you are, then in the bottom right of the comp's panel, you'll see an option saying "Active Camera" and you can find the different views, including Front in there.

If you are in 2D and really need to see what is outside the comp's stage, then the only think I can think of is to nest your comp in a much larger composition and use the Collapse Transformations option to see everything outside the regular comp.  You won't be able to move things from that larger comp though.

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Aug 27, 2024 Aug 27, 2024

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You can simply expand the composition size (width or height) and do your animation. After finishing your animation, set the composition size back to original.

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