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AE and Pre-comp workflow thoughts.
Hi!
A ongoing dilemma i am facing is: where too, and not too, collect layers in pre comps in order too make it easier to work.
Benefits from collecting is obvious (overview and order).But the drawbacks (at least for me), is when u need to extend the time of an animation or something inside a nest. It will creates a lot of extra work jumping back and forth thru comps, and adjust it to the rest of the animation.
Or, when the animation inside a nest is animated in relation to whats outside it.My question is:
How are you guys working? Do you have any rules of when to comp, or not? Are you working a lot with the “hide layers” buttom? Etc.Attaching two images:
One of the solution i often use (creating a new viewer, so that i can monitor two comps simultaneously).
One of a keyframe nightmare.Best regards!
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Hi Christofer,
this might not be an exact answer to your precomping question, but if you prefer to keep things in one comp only, maybe these tools could come in handy for you (in case you’re not aware of them already)
https://rxlaboratory.org/tools/dugr/
https://1resonant.gumroad.com/l/CptBs?layout=profile
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There’s a new-ish feature in After Effects that has completely changed how I precomp: ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS (formerly called Master Properties).
This workflow lets you build a precomp and publish parameters within it that you can change downstream when it’s contained inside another comp. That means you can organized layers in a precomp, but handle the animation within the containing comp (on multiple, independent layers if you want!) This is a huge gamechanger, but it seems a lot of people aren’t aware how amazingly powerful and flexible this system is.
See these pages for more:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/creating-motion-graphics-templates.html
https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/master-properties-after-effects
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