Getting comfortable with layers

I know I said this in the previous video, but I do really believe that layers…are the actors that inhabit the stage which is your composition.…So to explore layers more in-depth, let's open the Type composition.…Double-click the Type Comp and make sure that you have Type down here in your timeline.…With the Type tab setup, you can see I have four layers.…And as I click on each one of these layers, you can see things changing in the comp window.…

So let's select this Text layer.…I want to point out something.…When you are selecting layers in the timeline, it does have an effect as to…what you see in the Comp panel but also when you open the disclosure triangle…for those layers, you should notice different things for each different kind of layer.…So for example, with this Text layer, see I have a text option.…And if I open that Text option, I have Path Options.…And I have More Options.…

Now I'm not going to jump into all the different text things but if you notice…when you're working in the timeline I can't see any of my other layers.…