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Duplicate a pre-comp and make it independant?
If you duplicate a pre-comp, you can’t change things in the new pre-comp without changing them in the mother pre-comp as well.
I guess they become two clones of the same parent comp or something…In my case I want to be able to change colors of solids in the duplicated pre-comp, without changing them in the original pre-comp.
Is there a way to do this?
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Nope, not possible
just duplicate the precomp in the project window first, and use that second precomp as the source of the other layer.
Or, depending on your setup, you can maybe just add a filter that would colorize , or hue-shift the colors on the different instances of the same precomp ?
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If you’ve already done a lot of work to your precomp in your main composition, then you probably want to do this:
1. Select the precomp in the timeline, press Ctrl + D to duplicate it
2. Select the precomp in the project panel, press Ctrl + C then Ctrl + V
3. Make sure your duplicated precomp is selected in the timeline, then select the newly created precomp in the project panel and drag (then hold down ALT) and drop it on the duplicated precomp in the timeline. You can then release the ALT key after you release the mouse.
4. Your duplicated precomp has been replaced with a copy of the original precomp, and can now be modified without effecting the original.
It might take a long time to explain, but it takes maybe 3 seconds to accomplish. The button commands I gave you are for the PC, if you are using a Mac, you will have to use the mac equivalent of the Ctrl key.
Jon Geddes
Motion Graphics Designer
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I got it, thanks!
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Did not work for me.. 🙁 i did it exactly like you said.. but it still just made a copy and if i change Text in one.. it also changes it in the other comp.. sad 🙁
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ive been all over the place looking for this solution…IT WORK PERFECTLY!!!
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Thank you very very much! The key movement is – Alt + click. Without that it won`t create duplicate. Very well explained. Now I am going to write this down somewhere 🙂
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Yes, Duplicate it inside the Source window instead of the Timeline.
Example: https://i.imgur.com/ls2PXT4.png
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Holy crap! Thanks so much Jon for sharing that tip, it really came in handy today.
Dave
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Thanks Mario! I kept trying to duplicate in the Timeline and of course it didn’t work.
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If you have a precomp(B) inside the precomp(A) then you need to do the movement to (A) and (B)
means if there are five precomps inside a composition you have do six times of the movement.
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