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Bronques
Inspiring
Nov 5, 2017 11:46 AM UTC
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Toggle Full Screen After Effects

Hi everyone,

this seems like such a basic question:

but how do i view my composition FULL SCREEN in after effects? I searched "toggle full screen" in keyboard shortcuts and found nothing there. 

Thanks for your help!

    Jose Panadero
    Jose PanaderoCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Nov 5, 2017 5:45 PM UTC

    Sorry for my mistake, this is the name of the spanish version of AE (Panel Previsualización). I meant Preview Panel. And you can activate Full Screen as shown in the capture.

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    account26627956loz2
    Participant
    Oct 17, 2022 12:26 AM UTC

    " ctrl + \  " =full screen without the top bar.

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      Niall5FFC
      Participant
      Feb 21, 2021 2:50 PM UTC

      I was trying to do this, and I found that if you have After Effects in a smaller window, you can drag the comp tab at the top of the preview window and drop it outside of the AE window, and this will detach the preview tab into its own window. 

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      Niall5FFC
      Participant
      Feb 21, 2021 2:52 PM UTC

      also I'm using AE on MacOS, not sure if that makes a difference or not

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      pacificregmi
      Participant
      Nov 17, 2019 5:33 AM UTC

      I want to make this types of menu effect on after effect.

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      zopfan
      zopfan
      Known Participant
      Feb 5, 2020 11:18 AM UTC

      I found that I can make AE Window full size (i.e. without Windows Title Bar) by just pressing Ctrl+\.

       

      That's highly useful. Why would anyone want a horizontal bar/real estate kept always wasted as long as you running any editing ware, without any purpose or usefulness?

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        poorsouh
        poorsouh
        Participant
        Feb 12, 2021 7:10 PM UTC

        This is what i was looking for... Thanks! 🙂

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        Anonymous
        Jan 10, 2018 12:36 AM UTC

        Goto

        C:\Users\'User logon'\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\15.0\aeks

        open

        After Effects Default.txt

        change value with char keycode yuo want to use - like here

        "ToggleTabPanelMaximize" = "(Ux00BD)"

        Restart AE

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          michaela40553089
          Participant
          May 1, 2018 7:48 AM UTC

          this works!

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          Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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          Nov 5, 2017 7:20 PM UTC

          That gives you the same thing as the tilde key, a full screen comp panel, not a full screen video preview As it would appear when using a media player full screen.

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          Kyle Hamrick
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          Kyle HamrickCommunity Expert
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          Nov 5, 2017 7:54 PM UTC

          I will verify that this will indeed give you an actual fullscreen preview, with none of the AE UI. This only works while actually running the preview though, not while working.

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          Jose Panadero
          Community Expert
          Jose PanaderoCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          Nov 5, 2017 5:45 PM UTC

          Sorry for my mistake, this is the name of the spanish version of AE (Panel Previsualización). I meant Preview Panel. And you can activate Full Screen as shown in the capture.

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            BronquesAuthor
            Inspiring
            Nov 5, 2017 11:11 PM UTC

            Wow. That's it. I can't believe it's that easy.

            THANK YOU!!

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            Jose Panadero
            Community Expert
            Jose PanaderoCommunity Expert
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            Nov 5, 2017 2:18 PM UTC

            While previewing you can activate Full Screen playback in Previsualization panel. There is a checkbox to force full screen playback but you need to set your Composition panel zoom level at 100% or Fit to Screen.

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              Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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              Nov 5, 2017 2:32 PM UTC

              Where is the Previsualization panel? I've never seen it and cannot find any reference to it anywhere. You can activate full screen in the Preview Panel but this gives the same result as using the tilde key, the Comp Panel is full screen.

              You can activate full screen in the Preview Panel but this gives the same result as using the tilde key, the Comp Panel is full screen.

              Without a compatible video capture card, these are the only options I see that will allow you to see full screen video on a second monitor and DV is limited to Standard Definition so it's pretty useless in today's production environment.

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              P.M.B
              P.M.B
              Legend
              Nov 5, 2017 11:57 AM UTC

              That tilda ~ shortcut actually maximizes the ACTIVE panel, not just the composition panel.

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              ~Gutterfish
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                Rick GerardCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                Nov 5, 2017 1:45 PM UTC

                Gutter-Fish is correct. There is no shortcut that actually sends your video full screen to your monitor unless you have a dedicated video encoding playback card installed and you are using a compatible second monitor and have the preferences set up properly. Now days this is a very rare workstation.

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                Rick GerardCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                Nov 5, 2017 11:53 AM UTC

                Use the ~ key, the key just to the left of the 1! key.

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                  colinchaloner
                  Participant
                  May 28, 2021 8:21 AM UTC

                  Thanks for pointing out that its the key to the left of the ! as on my keyboard it doesn't have a tilda (which is somewhere else), it's got a ¬ instead. Still worked though - cheers!

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