[Ck Dexterhaven]

[CK Dexterhaven] “Yes you can (and presently, must) create separate comps to do this but if you have 10 different comps with shared backgrounds or elements, then the client changes the background, you have to edit 10 different comps instead of one. ”

Or set the shared background up as a pre-comp and change it once (;

Darby Edelen

You’re right Darby, pre-comp is the way to go with a shared background. Bad example there…

As was mentioned earlier though, being able to set in/out points, turn layers/effects etc. on/off and create renderable layer comps a la Photoshop from one comp would be very productive and helpful.

[Ck Dexterhaven]

I’ve been requesting this feature from Adobe for years. It is a valuable enough feature for them to include it in Photoshop as Layer Comps, and I still hold out hope that Layer Comps will find its way into a future release.

There are tedious workarounds using multiple comps in AE, but that’s just what they are, workarounds. It really should be as easy as “in this comp, I want layers 1,5,6,29 & 52 to render as Movie X-add to render queue; then in the same comp, I want layers 3,5,20, & 64 to render as Movie Y-add to render queue, etc., then hit the render button and go to sleep.

Yes you can (and presently, must) create separate comps to do this but if you have 10 different comps with shared backgrounds or elements, then the client changes the background, you have to edit 10 different comps instead of one.

Being able to render Layer Comps would make this so much more streamlined.

If you have used Layer Comps in Photoshop, you know just how much more productive it can be…I’m crossing my fingers that it’s on someone’s to-do list in the AE development war room…

[Ck Dexterhaven]

I’ve been requesting this feature from Adobe for years. It is a valuable enough feature for them to include it in Photoshop as Layer Comps, and I still hold out hope that Layer Comps will find its way into a future release.

There are tedious workarounds using multiple comps in AE, but that’s just what they are, workarounds. It really should be as easy as “in this comp, I want layers 1,5,6,29 & 52 to render as Movie X-add to render queue; then in the same comp, I want layers 3,5,20, & 64 to render as Movie Y-add to render queue, then hit the render button and go to sleep.

Yes you can (and presently, must) create separate comps to do this but if you have 10 different comps with shared backgrounds or elements, then the client changes the background, you have to edit 10 different comps instead of one.

Being able to render Layer Comps would make this so much more streamlined.

Either this has stumped Adobe with some technical hurdle, or they just don’t think it would be useful. If you have used Layer Comps in Photoshop, you know just how much more productive it can be…I’m crossing my fingers that it’s on someone’s to-do list in the AE development war room…