<p>Add an adjustment layer on top (right-click in empty area of the layer names. Go to New menu) Apply the effect to that.</p>

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2016-12-24T19:06:50.253Z
2016-12-24T19:06:50.253Z
Gyan
<p>And because there's always two ways of doing anything in After Effects: </p>

<ul>
<li><p>precompose the layer to which you want to apply the effect. </p></li>
<li><p>In the pre-compose dialogue choose "leave all attributes…". </p></li>
<li><p>Resize the new composition to the size you need. </p></li>
<li><p>Then in the original composition apply the effect to the pre-comp.</p></li>
</ul>

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2016-12-28T10:05:14.397Z
2016-12-28T10:05:14.397Z
stib
<p>I'm using <strong>After Effects CC 2017</strong>. I've imported a PNG image with transparency, then I added a simple <strong>CC Light Wipe</strong> effect:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CXonX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CXonX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The problem is that the range of the lights produced by this effect are limited to the image size, so it produces an annonying thingy. Is there a way to resize the canvas of the layer of the image or another way to solve this (avoiding the need to resize the image canvas using external programs like <strong>Photoshop</strong>)?. </p>

<p>I really tried to find out the answer researching in Google before asking here but I only found questions about resizing the entire compossition in the compossition settings...</p>

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2016-12-24T19:11:14.397Z
May I suggest that you spend a few hours going through some introductory video tutorials: http://aefreemart.com/the-mega-list-adobe-after-effects-tutorials-for-beginners/
Gyan
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How do I resize the canvas of a image layer in After Effects?
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# How do I resize the canvas of a image layer in After Effects?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-24)

I'm using **After Effects CC 2017**. I've imported a PNG image with transparency, then I added a simple **CC Light Wipe** effect:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/CXonX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/CXonX.png)

The problem is that the range of the lights produced by this effect are limited to the image size, so it produces an annonying thingy. Is there a way to resize the canvas of the layer of the image or another way to solve this (avoiding the need to resize the image canvas using external programs like **Photoshop**)?.

I really tried to find out the answer researching in Google before asking here but I only found questions about resizing the entire compossition in the compossition settings...

**Tags:** after-effects, adjustment-layers

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: May I suggest that you spend a few hours going through some introductory video tutorials: http://aefreemart.com/the-mega-list-adobe-after-effects-tutorials-for-beginners/  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-12-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Add an adjustment layer on top (right-click in empty area of the layer names. Go to New menu) Apply the effect to that.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-12-28. Score: 1

And because there's always two ways of doing anything in After Effects:

* precompose the layer to which you want to apply the effect.
* In the pre-compose dialogue choose "leave all attributes…".
* Resize the new composition to the size you need.
* Then in the original composition apply the effect to the pre-comp.


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