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title: "02 - Interface Overview"
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# 02 - Interface Overview

Supercomp

#### Interface Overview

![Image: SuperCompPreview_vfx-supercomp.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/SuperCompPreview_vfx-supercomp.jpg)

The Supercomp interface features four main areas:

- **Preview:** Shows the output of the currently selected layer. If no layers are selected, it shows the entire Supercomp output.
- **[Element Controls](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/07-Supercomp_element-controls.html.md):** Displays parameters for the currently selected layer or Supercomp effect.
- **[Source Layers](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/03-Supercomp_layers.html.md) :** Lists layers in the composition to which Supercomp has been applied, along with those layers' Layer Effects.
- **[Supercomp Layers](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/03-Supercomp_layers.html.md):** Lists the layers Supercomp can work with.