Answers.Body: <p>Yes, it works the way you suspected it would. Applied effects on a layer work from top to bottom, same with adjustment-layers and layer-modes applying from top to bottom.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Pardon the noob question – If I have say a &quot;brightness&quot; effect and a &quot;sharpen&quot; effect appearing in this order (first is on top of the other), will &quot;brightness&quot; be applied first, then &quot;sharpen&quot;? or the other way around?</p>
  
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Title: In what order are After Effects layer effects applied?
UserDisplayName: Wes
ThreadText: # In what order are After Effects layer effects applied?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-26)
  
  Pardon the noob question – If I have say a "brightness" effect and a "sharpen" effect appearing in this order (first is on top of the other), will "brightness" be applied first, then "sharpen"? or the other way around?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Yes, it works the way you suspected it would. Applied effects on a layer work from top to bottom, same with adjustment-layers and layer-modes applying from top to bottom.
  
  
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