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December 14, 2021
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Duplicated A Layer & Renamed, Yet Won't Allow Me to Delete Inner Layers in One, Without Other Too

  • December 14, 2021
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If it's not one thing, it's another with this godforsaken program! 

What a WASTE of 4 months for a project that only meeded a week. 

Sorry if I CARE ABOUT TIME. 

 

Why does my duplicated layer keep causing the prior layer to alter with it?!!

 

Trying to remove an effect on the duplicate without affectring the preduplicated layer.

 

Thanks

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Correct answer One&Done

Thank you much for the clarification Mathias!

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Mathias Moehl
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Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
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December 14, 2021

Yes, duplicating a layer that is a precom does not duplicate the precomp but only creates a second reference to the same precomp. To duplicate a layer with all preomps it includes recursively, you can use the script True Comp Duplicator

https://aescripts.com/true-comp-duplicator/

Or you save a separate project file containing only the precomp (reduce the project to the precomp and save it as a new project) and then import that project one time for each copy you want to have.

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
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    December 16, 2021

    Thank you much for the clarification Mathias!

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    December 14, 2021

    Had to Create a New Comp After Copying Desired Layers. Then Drag that Out the Project Panel into the Timeline.

     

    Gotta Love the Extra Steps..."Nooot"~Borat

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