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Element 3D – Apply Scene Setup settings to different Element 3D layers
Hi.
I have a project with 3 Element layers with the same objects, but with different animations placed in different comps.
I’d like to know if is possible to apply the settings from the scene setup of one of those layers for the others.For instance, I’d like to use the same environment settings for all layers, but for now, I need to open the scene setup for each layer to adjust the environment setting to be the same for all of them.
I was thinking of something like a master property or parent linking between the layers. Is that possible with the inner Element 3D scene setup properties?
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4 Replies
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Coiuld you link the environment controls of 2 of the layers to the first element effect using pickwhips? Then you only need to adjust one.
Alternatively, could you use the Groups option in Element and animate from the groups, that way you only need one element layer.
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Hi Graham.
No, this would not solve.
What I need is to link the environment set up between two or more layers.
But in the properties controls from Element3D layer, you don’t have access to the environment you choose (e.g.: a great room, or an open landscape) you can access only some environment relative properties.
I asked VideoCopilot support also, and they said that it’s not possible.
You can check another discussion about this here (https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/element-3d-apply-scene-setup-settings-to-different-element-3d-layers/m-p/12157839#M175214).
Thanks anyway.
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Oh I see the issue. Yeah, I think you might be stuck there – although, instead of directly selecting the environments from within Element, you can locate them on your computer and import them into AE. This would give you options for switching more easily as you could use the select, hold ALT and replace method.
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Don’t know if I got the point.
What do you mean by the Select, hold Alt replace method?Selecting the environment from an external file and replacing it in its location with another, renaming it, works as I expect. But since I’m working on a template I’d have to assume that the user has an external file (or could only work with an external file). And this isn’t exactly what I want.
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