How to duplicate a comp and duplicate the nested comps as well?

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I know this question has been asked a few times but all the answers are old so I wanted to see if theres any new better ways to do it.

I have a project where I want to use the same comp that is a template I got from a stock footage service muliple times but change the text on each of the dulicated comps. The text layer is nested deep in the comp, I'm talking 4 or 5 nested comps deep. Is there a way to duplicate a comp so that it also duplicates the nested comps so I can make them independant of eachother so each instance of the comp will have different text?

I need this comp duplicated up to 20 times in the main comp so to duplicate the nested comps 4-5 times for each of the 20 instances of the comp would be a PITA

Kyle Hamrick · Accepted Answer

You have a couple different avenues:- Manually duplicate the comp and nested precomps.- Use a third-party tool like True Comp Duplicator.- Learn more about working with Essential Properties, which can often eliminate the need to duplicate comps in the first place.

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