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Jonas33876031tfki
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February 29, 2024
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Consolidate footage (comps) does NOT work

Hello 🙂

Consolidate footage does NOT get rid of similar comps - isnt it supposed to do this?? 🙂


Im on AE 2024 latest version. Strong PC.

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Jonas

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    ShiveringCactus
    ShiveringCactusCorrect answer
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    March 1, 2024

    I think I understand your issue.  You've imported multiple projects into an overall project, but now have identical comps.

    I don't think there is an automatic way to remove these comps, but you can select a comp layer, hold ALT and drag a replace in from the project panel.  This would allow you to manually consolidate comps.

    You might also want to explore Essential Graphics, which would enable you to reuse a comp multiple times and just change any properties or text you specify.

     

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    nishu_kush
    nishu_kush
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    February 29, 2024

    "Consolidate Footage" works only for media. If you want to remove comps, you may use the "Reduce Project" feature. In the project panel, highlight the comps you want to keep and use the Reduce Footage command. It'll keep the comps you highlighted, sub comps, and media used.

    Hope it helps.

    Note: Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

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      Jonas33876031tfkiAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      March 1, 2024

      Does not work. This is just ridiculous. Just wow. So I basically I have to manually remove all the duplicate comps?? They are identical?? Isn't there a 3rd party plugin to solve this? 

      Also I can't reduce footage because if i select all the main comps that have all these lessser duplicate comps inside them - then it will keep all comps - bacause they are in all the main comps. And we're back to square one.

      This is a huge pain when having imported several AE files into your project 😞


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      ShiveringCactus
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      ShiveringCactusCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      March 1, 2024

      I think I understand your issue.  You've imported multiple projects into an overall project, but now have identical comps.

      I don't think there is an automatic way to remove these comps, but you can select a comp layer, hold ALT and drag a replace in from the project panel.  This would allow you to manually consolidate comps.

      You might also want to explore Essential Graphics, which would enable you to reuse a comp multiple times and just change any properties or text you specify.

       

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