July 10

If doesn't work a zoom with a mouse wheel in After Effects during preview

It happened again. When I wanted to watch an animation in After Effects (CC 2020, by the way), I pressed the space bar and then scrolled the mouse wheel. Normally, during the animation preview, this would allow me to zoom in or out of the image, however, today it didn't work again! A light Google search didn't help, so I had to look for a solution on my own.

I found that the reason is in the small "resolution" menu located under the composition window. If Auto is selected in this menu, then zooming with the mouse wheel does not work. Select any other item in this menu, and everything will be fine again!