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mouad
mouad
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Jan 8, 2014 4:29 PM UTC
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exclude an layer from the adjustment layer

Hi ,

i don't know why adobe still didn't add this option to after effects !!!!!!!!

we have alot of problems with this

i can't just keep pre-comping stuff !!!!!

adding a simple column between the 'track mat' and the 'parent' to exclude the selected layer from an adjustment layer in top of it will simple thing's Up .

please consider this option

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    Todd_Kopriva
    Todd_KoprivaCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Nov 7, 2014 4:04 PM UTC

    If for some reason you don't want to precompose, you can use property links to quickly apply the same set of effects or other properties  to a group of layers.

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    mouad
    mouadAuthor
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    Jan 8, 2014 6:33 PM UTC

    thank you very much everybody , but moving to another software isn't one of my properties

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      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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      Jan 8, 2014 7:24 PM UTC

      Collected files is no indication of project size, a single image sequence could have 4,000 files. AE is a very poor movie editor but it's great for creating shots. If you are building whole sequences with many shots in a single AE comp then you are not using the software in the way it was designed. I have many projects where there are 200 or more layers in a 10 second shot. I render the shot and then edit the sequence in a NLE... That's how it was designed.

      If you jump to another program with the same or greater compositing and motion graphics capabilities you're going to run into the same problem if you try and put an entire movie in a compositing program.

      Just a friendly workflow suggestion.

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        Todd_Kopriva
        Todd_Kopriva
        Inspiring
        Jan 8, 2014 5:14 PM UTC

        An adjustment layer applies to the composited result of all of the layers beneath it. To implement what you are suggesting would require a complete rearchitecture of how After Effects works.

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          mouad
          mouadAuthor
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          Jan 8, 2014 5:46 PM UTC

          if it require a complete rearchitecture than do it ! i don't know how many years it takes but it deserve !

          i mean seriously we are dying here , or at least adobe should find a solution to this Huge Problem .

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            Dave_LaRonde
            Dave_LaRonde
            Inspiring
            Jan 8, 2014 6:02 PM UTC

            ...so in other words, get used to making precomps or start moving to a different compositing application.  There are several.

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