The default is white, and we are going to change it to black. This section of the composition settings window is meant to allow you to change the background color of your composition. Rotate Tool (W) If you happen to delete the folder, the composition will become empty. Double click in this area After Effects has many similar tools as the other Adobe programs. This is what your After Effects Work space should look like. For today, we are just going to use pictures and video. Transcript: After Effects Click on New Composition If you are bringing in an Illustrator or Photoshop file, or any file with layers, you can bring in all of those layers so that they are editable in After Effects.