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copy between instances of after effects
is there a way to do this?
have two copies open and copy a comp from one to the other?I have two versions of a project and while i could import and then sort things out and remove the unwanted material, it would be easier if could copy from a comp in one AFX and paste into the other comp in the other AFX. sadly it doesn’t seem to work though…
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Hi, if you go to Files>Collect Files and choose For Selected Comps, you can then drag the aep file that this creates into your other comp.
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yes but that’s exactly what i wanted to avoid, as i’d then have two copies of everything – pairs of comps with the same name, and two lots of footage items. a bit messy. even if i consolidate footage, things are still a mess (organisationally) and i have to sort out my folders and job structure all over again. the functionality to copy between instances of AE would be most welcome. copy this effect with parameters from this version of the project into this newer version… quicker and easier than having to reduce, import, copy layers to the comp, delete unwanted imports, etc.
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hey dave, sorry but i didn’t mean different version of AE, i meant different versions of a project. we go through many many revisions here, and sometimes people want to revisit the past, i was just after a neater way to bring in old effects or comp setups without having to reduce, save, import, change, clean.
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