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Maybe you’re using a diffrent pixel aspect in on of your comps? Or some kind of blur or other effect was applied to one of the layers and now affects the entire sub-comp?
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Add your null and pick-whip across compositions (dragging on the timeline tabs will open a separate timeline window for a composition) – it’s as simple as that. No fancies required.
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Add your null and pick-whip across compositions (dragging on the timeline tabs will open a separate timeline window for a composition) – it’s as simple as that. No fancies required.
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Why not simply replace the comps by Alt-dragging them from the project window into the timeline? Does not always work reliably, but most of the time AE will successfully update all markers.
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Normally you can, but sometimes for strange reasons other apps will block the clipboard or AE itself will not interpret text properly (seems to be related to CR/ LF interpretation issues). Restarting the system can solve this problem in most cases.
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[Andrew Yoole] “It’s easy to paste single or multiple expressions from one layer to multiple layers if you have AE 6.5.
Select the Parameter(s) that the source expression occurs on (such as Position) in the left column of the timeline window. Choose Edit/Copy Expression Only.
Select the target layers and choose Paste.”
That’s ok for basic parameters such as position, rotation etc. but does not reliably work with text animators or multiple instances of effects that have been renamed (as I do quite regularly) so it’s often not really an option. The entire expression system in AE is really awkward to use sometimes, though very powerful.
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[Andrew Yoole] “It’s easy to paste single or multiple expressions from one layer to multiple layers if you have AE 6.5.
Select the Parameter(s) that the source expression occurs on (such as Position) in the left column of the timeline window. Choose Edit/Copy Expression Only.
Select the target layers and choose Paste.”
That’s ok for basic parameters such as position, rotation etc. but does not reliably work with text animators or multiple instances of effects that have been renamed (as I do quite regularly) so it’s often not really an option. The entire expression system in AE is really awkward to use sometimes, though very powerful.
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No, not really. You can paste the same expression to multiple parameters by selecting them before pasting, but not different expressions at the same time – AE simply doesn’t know how to associate parameters. So basically you still have to open all your layers and do it the slow and tedious way. You should also consider to make use of the “index” feature as often as you can. Once your expression works, all you need to do is clone it a bunch of times and replace the layers if necessary. Perhaps in 7 they will at least have something like named expressions as in 3D programs that would minimise the problems *crossedfingers*.
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No, not really. You can paste the same expression to multiple parameters by selecting them before pasting, but not different expressions at the same time – AE simply doesn’t know how to associate parameters. So basically you still have to open all your layers and do it the slow and tedious way. You should also consider to make use of the “index” feature as often as you can. Once your expression works, all you need to do is clone it a bunch of times and replace the layers if necessary. Perhaps in 7 they will at least have something like named expressions as in 3D programs that would minimise the problems *crossedfingers*.
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Nope, can’t do. Still, you might want to minimise your overhead by closing all unnecessary comps. If your project window is organized well enough, it’s easy to find them there and open them again if needed. Personally I hardly make use of the tabs anymore. Either I browse the project window or open nested comps using Alt+Doubleclick.
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