Video outline not showing

[lwprog]

When editing on AE, usually when you click on the preview, the video that you put in will have a rectangle around it, (check photos because it's hard to explain). In one edit, this outline is showing, but in another it's not. I want it to show in both though, how can I bring it back?

 

 

 

[JohnColombo · Accepted solution]

Hi @lwprog,

Try enabling View > Show Layer controls. That should make the bounding box around the layer appear when it is selected or goes outside the composition bounds.

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[lwprog]

Hello John! Your advice worked perfectly, thank you so much!

[thepixelsmith]

The bounding box around the layer matches the dimensions of the layer itself.

If @JohnColombo suggestion doesn't work it could be that your layer dimensions may be a lot larger than the area you can see in the Comp panel. 

Based on your screen shot it looks like your layer is  very large when compared to the visible area in your comp.

Try slecting the layer and zooming out in the viewport. Press , (comma) a couple of times and see it you can see the layer bounding box.