To apply an effect or animation
preset to a single layer, drag the effect or animation preset from
the Effects & Presets panel to a layer in the Timeline, Composition,
or Effect Controls panel.
Note: When you’re dragging an effect or animation preset
onto a layer in the Composition panel, the name of the layer under
the pointer is shown in the Info panel. If you release the mouse
button when the pointer is not over a layer, a new layer is created
to hold the effect or animation preset.
To apply an effect or animation preset to one or more
layers, select the layers, and then double-click the effect or animation
preset in the Effects & Presets panel.
To apply an effect to one or more layers, select the
layers, and then choose Effect > [category] > [effect].
To apply a recently used or saved animation preset to
one or more layers, select the layers, choose Animation >
Recent Animation Presets, and then choose the animation preset from
the list.
To apply the most recently applied animation preset to
one or more layers, select the layers, and then press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F
(Windows) or Command+Option+Shift+F (Mac OS).
To apply the most recently applied effect to one or more
layers, select the layers, and then press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E (Windows)
or Command+Option+Shift+E (Mac OS).
To apply an animation preset to one or more layers using
Adobe Bridge, select the layers, choose Animation >
Browse Presets, navigate to the animation preset, and then double-click
it.
To apply the effect settings from an animation preset
to the current instance of an effect, choose the animation preset
name from the Animation Presets menu for the effect in the Effect
Controls panel.
To copy a layer’s effects to one or more layers, select
the effects in the Timeline panel or Effect Controls panel, choose
Edit > Copy, select the target layers, and choose Edit >
Paste.
Note: Applying an effect or animation preset to a layer
selects the layer.
By default, when you apply an effect
to a layer, the effect is active for the duration of the layer.
However, you can make an effect start and stop at specific times
or make the effect more or less intense over time by using keyframes
or expressions or by applying the effect to an adjustment layer.
Animation
presets are applied at the current time.
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