Change the "canvas" size of an animation

[mitchelt]

Hi,

I am working in After Effects 6.0 Pro. I am trying to bring in a simple text animation that I am creating in a simple 3D program (Xara 3D5)...the size of the animation is 600x600.

In After Affects I am working on a 800 x 600 composition and when I import the text animation, it's "canvas" size is messing with my effects because the effects I am applying are limited to the 600x600 size of the text animation and not the full 800x600 of the composition.

I am sure there is a way to fix this because I could have sworn I ran into this before but I cannot remember how to to do it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mitch

 

[maruyama]

If you want to change the canvas size of your After Effects project, you'll need to change the COMPOSITION SIZE. (cmd-K)

Or from the file pulldown, select COMPOSITION, and COMPOSITION SETTINGS. There, you'll find the composition aspect settings.

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