Pulling pre-comps out of the original composition?

[Steve Roberts]

It exists as a new composition, seen in the project window. You just need to open it from the project window.

Unless you meant something else …?

[Edward Calabig]

I’m trying to render everything only in the pre-comp, but AE ends up pre-rendering the whole thing.

[Steve Roberts]

You open the precomp in the project window, and render that.