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Reuse AE clips
Hi
if i create a box that moves from left to right and changes colors over 24 frames, is there a way to turn this into a reusable clip.
This way every time i wanted to use the box, i can just re-use the clip.
I want to do a lot of motion graphics, and this if possible would be a real time saver.
T.I.A
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3 Replies
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You could do it with scripting, but poor man’s route would be to simply nest (pre-compose) the “clip” you created. You put the clip in a nest, then treat the nest as a single “clip” that you can use anywhere. (The nest also appears in your project window as a new comp. You can put comps within comps). Make sense?
If you want to loop, then you can do a nest within a nest. Put the animation in a nest, then loop that nest by duplicating it several times and butt end to end. Then you can nest all THAT in order to have a single “clip” available that contains your animation looping. Make sense? You can always go back and edit the the original nested animation anytime.
To create a nest (aka pre-compose it), select the layers of the animation you want to use as a clip and then select “pre-compose” from the layer menu.
Hope something is useful here!
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You can just duplicate the layer (Ctrl D) to make another instance of it. You can copy and paste that layer from comp to comp, but as Bill said, at that point, just precompose the layer (move all attributes) then you can use that precomp in any other comp by dragging it down from the project window. Ctrl D will also duplicate that.
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Thanks everyone, you have given me places to start, and ideas to try.
Great community, and again many thanks.
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