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# Getting around
## Workspace overview
Animoia is a desktop motion-graphics compositor for Windows and Linux. The toolbar sits at the top, Project and Layer share the left panel, the Composition viewer is in the center, inspector tools sit on the right, and the Timeline runs across the bottom. Drag the separators to resize panels; panel sizes persist for your next session.
## FX Console
**FX Console** is a keyboard-first launcher that puts effects, presets, and commands all in one search box. Press `Ctrl + Space` to open it, type a few letters, and press `Enter` to apply the highlighted option. It’s a quick and easy way to find what you need by name without having to search through different menus or categories.
### Matching and ranking
Because `Enter` applies the highlighted row, ranking matters more here than in the browsable Effects tree: the effect you meant has to be first after two or three keystrokes. Matches are scored by how they matched, best first:
| Match type | Example |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Exact name | `gaussian blur` → *Gaussian Blur* |
| Name prefix | `gau` → *Gaussian Blur* |
| Word start | `blur` → *Gaussian Blur*, *Camera Lens Blur* |
| Substring | `ussian` → *Gaussian Blur* |
| Initials | `clb` → *Camera Lens Blur* |
| Subsequence | `gblr` → *Gaussian Blur* |
| Category only | `sharpen` lists the Blur & Sharpen effects, but always below anything actually named "…Sharpen" |
Subsequence matching also weighs how spread out the match was, so a tight match ranks above a scattered one. Recently used items are remembered and surface first, which means the effects you actually reach for get faster the more you use them.
### Unavailable commands
A command that cannot run right now *(one needing a selection when nothing is selected, for instance)* is shown dimmed rather than hidden. The dimmed row tells you the command exists and what it needs.
`Escape` clears the query first, then closes the console on a second press.
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