Properties
Properties control the visual appearance and behavior of your layers—from position and color to masks and blend modes. The Property Panel updates automatically based on your selection.
What You'll Learn
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Property Panel Overview - Context-aware interface that adapts to scene, layer, or shape selection
- •Scene Properties - Canvas size, duration, FPS, and background color
- •Transform Properties - Position, rotation, scale, skew, and anchor point
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Appearance & Compositing - Fill, stroke, gradients, opacity, blend modes, trim path, and track mattes
Property Panel Basics
The panel shows different properties based on what you select:
- •Scene (nothing selected) - Canvas size, duration, background, FPS
- •Layer selected - Transform, alignment, blend modes, opacity
- •Shape selected - Fill, stroke, gradients, trim path
Property Categories
Transform - Position, scale, rotation, skew, anchor point
Alignment - Horizontal and vertical alignment tools
Appearance - Fill, stroke, gradients, blend modes, opacity
Compositing - Track matte, masks
Path Controls - Trim path, path editing (shape layers only)
Next Steps
Ready to dive deeper into specific property types: