Making copies of a comp where only the text changes

[Daniel Waldron]

Precompose your flag animation, then make separate compositions for each new text layer. Add the flag precomp to each of these. You can use the new(ish) Edit –> Copy with Property Links function to use the first text animation as a sort of master control for the rest.

[Michael Szalapski]

Alternatively, you can just make one comp in After Effects and do all of your text changes in Premiere Pro! The newest CC 2017 release have some nice enhancements to the workflow that allows you to change text in an AE project (including with animation and effects) from within Premiere Pro.

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[Charles Thin]

Sounds good, but I still would have a little problem with that : I also have post-animation effects which I do not want to depend on the animation (ie I don’t want those effects to be distorted). That would imply re-creating the effect in every text layer wouldn’t it ?

My current setup, from the top down :
-> Final comp with extra effects
-> Animated flag comp
-> Flag comp (not animated)
-> Text layer

Your suggestion, form the top down, if I understand :

-> Text comp with text layer, and animation copy-pasted from original animated flag comp
-> Flag comp (not animated)