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Inspiring
November 11, 2017
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Motion graphic templates, and precomps

  • November 11, 2017
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I have done a few text boxes for a project that autoresize the bg plate after the number of letters used (and more...) But I like precompose the after effect files and add some animation to the plates. But motion graphic templates seams to not work when using precomps. Is this correct?

Correct answer Roei Tzoref

Im using a layer to hide the precomp behind for the reveal. I like to have a slider for that layers y transformation. But after effect tells me this is not supported! or Property is unrelated to "The graphic precomp" and will not affect rendering.

The reason I like to be able to change the mask layers y axis is so that the reveal will be at the exakt place even if I skip a few lines

of text.


you will get "Property is unrelated" if you try to drag a property to the EGP that is not related to the comp selected in the EGP "Master" (child or parent comp).

make sure that the "Master" in the EGP specifies the parent comp or any related comp.

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Roei Tzoref
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November 11, 2017
But motion graphic templates seams to not work when using precomps. Is this correct?

kinda.

if you have properties that you already linked in the EGP and you precomp the layer that has the properties - you will lose the properties in the EGP and would have to relink again. if you first precomp the layer, then link the properties from within the precomp to the EGP - it will work.

annoying isn't it? especially in you are unaware of this behavior and only find out after you precomp that you lose the properties and not even able to undo - already filed a bug report about that.

Inspiring
November 12, 2017

Thanks Roei. Crap this is exactly what happend. It was a couple a month ago I did the original motion graphic templates that I now wanted to update with some in and out animations. And the easiest way would be to put them in a precomp and just do a few different reveals of thoose precomps. Looks like I have to redo all again...

Inspiring
November 12, 2017

Just wanted to say a proper thank you Roei for you answer.