Guides

Prompts to try

Rename selected layers

Before you start: Select the layers you want to rename.

Prompt

Rename only the selected layers “Icon 01”, “Icon 02”, and so on, in top-to-bottom timeline order. Keep their order and all other properties unchanged.

Organize project items

Before you start: Choose a project with items to sort.

Prompt

Inspect the items at the root of the Project panel. Suggest a folder structure for compositions, footage and audio. Do not move or delete anything yet.

After reviewing the suggestion, tell Operator which moves to make.

Stagger a fade-in

Before you start: Select a few layers in the active comp.

Prompt

Fade in the selected layers from 0% to 100% opacity over 12 frames each. Start at the beginning of the comp and stagger each layer by 3 frames in top-to-bottom order. Keep their in and out points unchanged.

Refine existing motion

Before you start: Select layers with Position keyframes.

Prompt

Apply smooth easing to the existing Position keyframes on the selected layers. Preserve every keyframe’s time and value. Tell me which layers had no Position keyframes.

Add an adjustable expression

Before you start: Select one layer.

Prompt

Add a gentle Position wiggle to the selected layer. Put clearly named speed and amount controls on the layer so I can adjust it. Preserve the existing position as the center of the movement.

Match an existing text style

Before you start: Replace “Title_Main” with a real text-layer name.

Prompt

Match the selected text layers to the font, size and fill color of “Title_Main”. Keep their wording, positions and animation unchanged.

Build a small chart

Before you start: Open the comp where the chart should go.

Prompt

In the active comp, create an editable bar chart for A: 20, B: 35, C: 50, D: 30. Label each bar and animate its height from zero over one second. Put chart elements on clearly named layers. Leave existing layers unchanged.

Make a vertical variation

Before you start: Open the composition you want to adapt.

Prompt

Duplicate the active comp as a 1080 × 1920 variation with “_Vertical” added to its name. Adapt the main layout for the new frame. Preserve the original comp and report any nested comps or shared assets you would need to change before changing them.

Review cropping and any shared precompositions before using the result.

Understand an expression

Before you start: Name the layer and property you want to inspect.

Prompt

Explain the Position expression on “Camera Control” in plain English. Identify its dependencies and anything likely to cause an error. Do not change it yet.

Find possible performance problems

Before you start: Open the comp you want to investigate.

Prompt

Inspect the active comp for potentially expensive effects, expressions and nested comps. Suggest improvements without changing anything. Separate observations from guesses; do not claim to have measured render time.

Operator can inspect the project, but an inspection is not a render-performance benchmark.

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