{"id":55798,"date":"2015-05-01T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=55798"},"modified":"2015-05-01T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:20:02","slug":"after-effects-quick-tip-cropping-a-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/after-effects-quick-tip-cropping-a-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"After Effects Quick Tip: Cropping a Comp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn how to quickly resize a comp using the Region of Interest tool in this After Effects quick tip.<\/h2>\n

Sometimes in my work, I\u2019ll import a layered PSD of a slide or a graphic from an event or lower thirds designed by someone else in Photoshop<\/strong>. Often, there are a lot of layers (which I want to preserve in a precomp), but the PSD is too big or has unnecessary space<\/strong> for my application, and I want to crop<\/strong> the comp\/precomp down to only the area that I need. Luckily, as you’ll see in this After Effects quick tip,\u00a0<\/strong>there\u2019s a really easy way to crop comps down.<\/p>\n

In this example, we want to crop this comp (imported from a PSD) down to just the title<\/strong> so that I can animate it separately in an appropriately sized precomp:\"Cropping<\/p>\n

First, select the Region of Interest<\/strong> tool (which limits the portion of the comp After Effects shows and renders – it\u2019s primarily meant to save render time on CPU heavy previews):<\/p>\n

\"Cropping<\/p>\n

Next, I\u2019ll drag a box around the area to which I want to crop my comp:<\/p>\n

\"Cropping<\/p>\n

Last, I\u2019ll go to the menubar and select Composition<\/strong> => Crop Comp to Region of Interest<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Cropping<\/p>\n

And there\u00a0you go – an easily cropped comp:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cropping<\/p>\n

How easy was that? Looking for a few more After Effects quick tips<\/strong>? PremiumBeat’s<\/a> got you covered:<\/p>\n