Copy/pasting essential property keyframes does not work for position properties when they are separated (x/y as separate props)
- February 28, 2026
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- Create a comp with one layer and expose the layer’s position as an essential property
- Put that comp into the main comp and animate the exposed essential position property.
- Try to copy paste one of those keyframes → works
- Now create a similar comp but having the position separated (separate x/y coords) and expose these separate x and y coords as essential properties
- Put that comp in the main comp and again animate the position (now via separate x and y coords).
- Try to copy/paste one of those keyframes → does not work (nothing happens on paste)
Reproducible also in test project with freshly created comps that just represent the above setup.
Example project attached…

System Info
After Effects: Version 26.0.0 (Build 67)
macOS: 15.7.4 (24G517)
