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Sterphy
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Sep 28, 2022 9:42 AM UTC
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Folders in After Effects timeline

Timeline folders. We have them in Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator... precomps can utterly ruin your work and is NOT an alternatives to having a simple folder hierarchy - especially when dealing with shape layers or anything that requires continual rasterization.

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Jul 21, 2024 9:01 AM UTC

This guy has fixed that problem: [Workflower](https://aescripts.com/workflower/).
He is Prometheus

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Known Participant
Jul 8, 2024 10:08 AM UTC

Ah OK... well in that case... 

 

Oh gee, you know the ONE thing I would really hate for Adobe to do right now is add timeline folders.  I persnoally HATE basic functionality, it would really make me reconsider continuing my subscription to CC if they did this 😉 

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Known Participant
Jul 8, 2024 10:06 AM UTC

HOW HAVE THEY NOT BOTHERED TO DO THIS YET?????

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Rafael12345
Inspiring
Jul 5, 2024 7:38 PM UTC

Hey, Adobe: We've decided that we DON'T want folders now. Ok? So whatever you do, please do not add folders to After Effects. Thank you!

 

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We've spent years asking for folders in After Effects, to no avail. But we've never tried asking NOT to have folders! Maybe that's the key we've been missing this whole time! It's classic reverse psychology!!! 

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Known Participant
Jul 5, 2024 6:11 PM UTC

After Effects is the only Adobe app with no direct equal, so if Adobe can't make money from it then they're as bad at business as they are at developing apps. For all its faults, AE is literally the only reason I have a CC subscription

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Known Participant
Jul 5, 2024 6:03 PM UTC

I wonder if there's a particular reason Adobe can't be bothered to implement this basic feature. 

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Participant
Jun 25, 2024 8:52 PM UTC

Sadly I think it is more likely a lack of motivation. After Effects doesn't make a lot of money, so it's not a priority. Just a guess though

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Known Participant
Jun 12, 2024 12:27 PM UTC

incompetence. 

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Known Participant
Jun 12, 2024 12:26 PM UTC

There is literally nothing I want more in AE than this... well, I'd like it to be stable and more reliable, but I don't expect that to happen

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Participating Frequently
Jun 10, 2024 10:09 AM UTC

C'mon Adobe! We need this!

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