Duplicate a pre-comp and make it independant?

[Nick Hasselblad]

Thanks – – your answer still applicable and greatly appreciated here in 2017.

[Goran Milovanovic]

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[Remus Hosu]

You need to duplicate the comp in the Project Panel and also duplicate it in the comp panel. Next, with both layers selected, press “Ctrl+Alt+/” or “Command+Option+/” on macs to replace it. The only caveat is that if your precomp has precomps of it’s own inside, you will need to duplicate those as well using the same technique. Here’s exactly how to do it step by step:

https://bluefx.net/how-to-duplicate-composition-in-after-effects-correctly

and if you really want to automate the process, there’s a very cool AE script you can use, True Comp Duplicator:

https://aescripts.com/true-comp-duplicator/

[Cosima Niehaus]

Easy:

1- Create a new folder and insert all the compositions that you need to duplicate in it.
2- Duplicate the folder
3- Rename all the compositions inside the duplicated folder.

🙂

[Peter Gara]

Thanks!

[Michael Kurz]

Cosima,

I think your process only duplicates everything in the project folder. It does not replace nested precomps with the new duplicated versions, i.e. the duplicated parent comp still contains the original precomp rather than the duplicated precomp (even though there is a duplicated precomp in the project folder). Anyone know an easier way than duplicating everything and then swapping out every precomp [tedious]?

Thanks,

http://www.freelancebymichael.com

[Aindreas Gallagher]

True Comp Duplicator – better than the entire Boris FX suite imo. Really simple life changer.

Particularly if say you’re adapting a complex existing project – just true comp duplicate the master comp and hey presto – you’ve got a safe second version to mess around with.

https://vimeo.com/user1590967
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[Shourov Choudhury]

Thnak you very much

[Joshua Bartyzal]

An additional bit of advice now that you’ve figured it out.
Master Properties/Design Essentials are great for this sort of thing if you plan ahead for using them when initially setting up your design (as we all know, easier said than done, design is evolution, ugh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ZsiQy764Q

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