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  Using clone tool/brush on whole composition

  Posted by Chris Tucker on August 24, 2013 at 10:47 pm

  Hello!

  My composition has numerous layers but I want to use my clone tool on the whole composition, is there a way to do this? (I know you can do this by choosing one layer and drawing something on it but I want to draw on the whole composition – just as if it was a single layer)

  Thank you!

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 13 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Todd Kopriva

  August 25, 2013 at 12:28 am

  Nest the composition into another composition and paint on the precomposition layer.

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  Chris Tucker

  August 25, 2013 at 5:10 pm

  Hello! Thank you for your quick answer! I’ve created a precompositions that consists of other composition layers. I click on the precomposition (so that it’s in a single window) but still can’t paint on it. Whenever I choose the brush, the mouse icon doesn’t change and I can’t paint or use the clone tool.

  What am I doing wrong?
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  August 25, 2013 at 7:21 pm

  You can only Paint/Clone in the Layer Panel. So … ensure that you double-click (or double-click + ALT – depending on how you’ve set up your Preferences) on the nested comp to open it in a Layer Panel.

  HTH
  RoRK

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