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Alt drag replace NOT working
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Emptying the disk cache and purging the memory yielded no new results.
If I double click on a layer, opening it in the viewer I can see the changes but when viewing the composition in the timeline the changes aren’t there. So weird and frustrating. -
[Erik Thurman] “Emptying the disk cache and purging the memory yielded no new results. If I double click on a layer, opening it in the viewer I can see the changes but when viewing the composition in the timeline the changes aren’t there. So weird and frustrating.”
Another thing that Ridley mentioned that I’ll call attention to again: you’re not using any proxies, are you? Or pre-renders?
Or perhaps you have multiple independent copies of your precomps? Can you confirm that an item doesn’t show where it should be viewing the correct layer and then using the mini-flowchart to step backwards into containing comps?
Walter Soyka
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No, I’m not using any proxies or pre-renders. The way the project is set up is: there is the main comp which has 7 pre comps which houses all the animation. There is no key frames on the pre comps just on all the nested layers inside each precomp. Like I said earlier, when double clicking on a given layer, opening it in the layer view, the changes made by alt dragging the new layer onto it, shows up. But when viewing it with all the other layers in the timeline no changes are there just the original layers. The same thing happens when applying different color correction effects. I did a simple test with some arbitrary layers, making a simple animation and alt dragging a layer on it. That updated like it should, but for some reason it’s not working on the actual animation I’m working on.
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My only thought at this point is that it may have something to do with the layers being .psd files. I’m not sure if that is correct or not though.
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What happens when you right-click on one of these nested comp layers and select “Reveal Layer Source in Project”, does it reveal the correct composition?
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Yes, the correct comp is revealed.
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Wow. I’m stumped. I had thought you might have duplicated the comps and there might be comp name confusion.
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Do you have any shy layers in the comp that might be above the layer you’re trying to change? What happens if you solo the layer you’re alt-drag replacing — can you see the update then?
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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soloing the layer doesnt show the changes, but opening the layer by double clicking it does.
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[Erik Thurman] “soloing the layer doesnt show the changes, but opening the layer by double clicking it does.
“What sort of footage is the layer in question? Comp, psd, solid …
Any expressions associated with these problematic layers?
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