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  Adding a comp created as a duplicate in the timeline panel to the project panel

  Posted by Paul Roff on January 22, 2013 at 4:07 am

  If you’ve created a composition in the timeline panel by duplicating and changing, then perhaps changing its name… can you then somehow create a copy of of it in the project panel?

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 13 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Vishesh Arora

  January 22, 2013 at 9:19 am

  Paul

  If you duplicate a comp in Timeline, then its not actually a new comp. Its the same comp with the a different Layer Name. The Source Name still remains the same.

  See the image below:

  

  If you click on Source Name it will toggle to Layer Name.

  So you are just duplicating the same comp with a different name.

  If you want a new Comp with a New SOURCE NAME, then duplicate the layer directly in Project Panel and not in Time-line.

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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  January 22, 2013 at 2:31 pm

  The duplicate in the Timeline can be precomposed into another comp using standard procedures. Ensure that you select the “Move all attributes … ” option in the precompose dialog.

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