Whether you are doing a slideshow or trying to reorganize your clips on the timeline, the "Sequence Layers" option can help you speed things up. With this example we have four layers with overlapping clips. In the menu go to: Animation>Keyframe Assist>Sequence Layers: read more

In most other programs when you want to change the name of a layer, you just double click the name and start typing. This is not the case in After Effects. To change the name you need to first highlight the layer by clicking on the name. Then hit Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). read more