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StephenAymond
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August 22, 2013
Question

Put AfterEffects Layers in Folders instead of PreComps

  • August 22, 2013
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Love your stuff, Adobe. But when are you going to give AfterEffects the option to put layers inside of folders instead of pre-comps? It would help tremendously in keeping the timeline organized.
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      Todd_Kopriva
      Todd_Kopriva
      Inspiring
      August 23, 2013

      Submit feature requests here:

      http://www.adobe.com/go/wish

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      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 23, 2013

      I think you're asking to have the ability to expand pre-comps in the same timeline. Pre-composing is not just an organizational tool, it's a way to re-order the rendering of the pixels in the frame so you can do things you couldn't do before.

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      StephenAymondAuthor
      Participant
      August 23, 2013

      No, I recognize expanding pre-comps would be impossible. I'm just asking to have some layers hidden away in a folder without having to scroll through 70 layers to find what I need on the timeline. Imagine if the Project Window didn't have folders. It'd be a nightmare.

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        Taverino
        Inspiring
        August 23, 2013

        Like "groups" in C4D? Very powerful organizational tool. I like Smoovies suggestion. I often end up precomposing just for grouping a bunch of related layers for the reasons cited by Smoovies. This adds unnecessary complexity to the Project panel

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