Adobe 12040118 Tutorial - Page 181

Modifying and using views Choose a view layout and share view settings Choose a 3D view Show or hide layer controls in the Composition panel Zoom an image for preview Resolution View a color channel or alpha channel Adjust exposure for previews Safe zones, grids, guides, and rulers Additional resources for viewing and previewing Choose a view layout and share view settings To the top The Composition panel can show one, two, or four views at a time. By default, viewer options (such as grids and rulers) affect only the currently active view. To choose a view layout, choose an option from the Select View Layout menu at the bottom of the Composition panel. To scroll through view layouts, place the pointer over the Select View Layout menu and roll the mouse wheel. To apply view settings to all views in the current layout, choose Share View Options from the Select View Layout menu. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to temporarily reverse this behavior. To activate a view without affecting the selection of layers in a composition, use the middle mouse button to click within the view's pane in the Composition panel. Choose a 3D view To the top You can view your 3D layers from several angles, using orthographic views, custom views that employ perspective, or camera views. The working 3D views include the custom views and the fixed orthographic views (Front, Left, Top, Back, Right, or Bottom). The orthographic views show layer positions in the composition but do not show perspective. The working 3D views are not associated with a camera layer. The working 3D views are useful for placing and previewing elements in a 3D scene. 3D layers appear in working 3D views; 2D layers do not appear in working 3D views. Note: The Composition panel displays a label within each view (such as Top or Right) to indicate which view is associated with which camera perspective. To hide these labels, choose Show 3D Labels from the Composition panel menu. You can adjust the point of view and direction of view for the custom views with the Camera tools, or you can look at selected layers or all layers. (See Adjust a 3D view or move a camera, light, or point of interest.) Choose a view from the 3D View menu at the bottom of the Composition panel. Choose View > Switch 3D View, and choose a view from the menu. Choose View > Switch To Last 3D View. To switch to the previous 3D view, press Esc. To choose one of the 3D views with keyboard shortcuts, press F10, F11, or F12. To change which 3D view is assigned to a keyboard shortcut, switch to a view and then press Shift and the keyboard shortcut. For example, to make F12 the shortcut for Top view, switch to Top view and then press Shift+F12. You can also use the View > Assign Shortcut To menu command for this purpose. Show or hide layer controls in the Composition panel To the top You can assign different options to each view in the Composition panel, so that you can see any combination of camera and light wireframes, layer handles, mask and shape paths, effect control points, and motion path controls. To choose which layer controls to show in a view, choose View > View Options, or press Ctrl+Alt+U (Windows) or Command+Option+U (Mac OS). To show or hide layer controls in a view, choose View > Show Layer Controls, or press Ctrl+Shift+H (Windows) or Command+Shift+H (Mac OS). This command also shows or hides the 3D reference axes. To show or hide mask paths and shape paths in a view, click the Toggle Mask And Shape Path Visibility button at the bottom of the Composition panel.