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marikon96357335
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Sep 25, 2015 9:13 AM UTC
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How to duplicate a pre-comp and make it independent

I have tried to duplicate an effect and to make it independent but it keeps on making it the same.

 

from the top left box i have the Project screen with the composition A. i canot drill into the compostion A.

 

once i double click the composition A then the timeframe screen appears on the bottom. within there is many layers.

 

example layer 1 has effect with text and videos.  this is what i want to copy and duplicate to keep the effects but be able to change videos and texts.

 

I have tried all the ctrl + D and Ctrl C and V but to no avail.

 

Can someone help?

 

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    Nitin AggawawlCorrect answer
    Participant
    Jul 23, 2020 11:56 AM UTC

    Hi.

    I don't know if i am late but i was having this same issue. Googled it and landed here.

    I thought i had to die because this issue was so irritating. When i read answers here, as Rick_Gerard mentioned that duplicate you pre-comp in project panel instead of layers area, I listened him and did the same. It worked. 

    1. Make duplicate of pre-comp in project panel

    2. Drag that copied pre-comp down in the layer area.

    3. Its done.

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    bmacsmith
    bmacsmith
    Participant
    Aug 4, 2016 10:30 AM UTC

    try saving the project and importing it back into the project. Then those comps are independent. Its stupid that Adobe doesn't have a better option, but there you go.

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      stefan_gru
      stefan_gru
      Inspiring
      Aug 4, 2016 5:53 PM UTC

      Mariko: Do any of these solutions help you?

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      BageraStudio
      BageraStudio
      Participant
      Jan 4, 2017 9:19 PM UTC

      Stefan Gruenwedel

      Can You fix this in the coming versions?.. I hope so. @

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      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Sep 25, 2015 11:00 AM UTC
      1. Select the Pre-comp in your timeline
      2. Right click and choose Reveal in Project
      3. Click on the selected Pre-comp in the Project Panel and press Ctrl/Cmnd + D
      4. Rename the duplicated Pre-comp

      There you go. 

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        marikon96357335Author
        Participant
        Sep 25, 2015 11:33 AM UTC

        Hi Rick,

        I have tried this already. after

        1. Click on the selected Pre-comp in the Project Panel and press Ctrl/Cmnd + D

        i now get the precomp added to the project list name. i renamed it to something else (add 2 at the end)

        i then make changes and add to the timeline of the original comp. The new changes have also changed the original layer.

        The original layer has many effects and i want to reuse the effects and make changes to the pictures/video and text.

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          marikon96357335Author
          Participant
          Sep 25, 2015 12:02 PM UTC

          True Comp Duplicator v3 Demo - YouTube

          i have similar problem to the video above. however i want to copy the layer on the main comp  within the timeline and reuse it whilst changing the pictures/texts. 

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