After effects, comp too short, wanting to export as mogrt

Report · Aug 08, 2021

Hi. New to AE.

So, I've got an AE template with some lower thirds, social media pop-ups, transitions etc. Within this template there is a "master" composition where every version of the lower thirds etc. can be seen. When I open the comps within the master comp, to edit these to my liking regarding colors, text etc. the comp doesn't include the "animation out". So, every lower thirds, for example, has an animation in and out. That I can see in the master comp. But the animation out is gone when opening a specific comp. What to do?

I'm exporting each comp as a MOGRT to use in PP later on. The end result works as a charm - I can use the MOGRT in PP without any trouble. The only thing is that I'm missing the animation out because it's not included when I try to edit each comp individually.

Hope I'm explaining myself correctly. Adding a video for reference.

What to do? As I said - I'm new to AE, but I've tried to extend the comp duration through comp setting, but this doesn't bring back the animation out.

Thanks in advance.

Report · Aug 08, 2021

Is it possible that it is in a shorter comp than it was originally created in? So the shorter comp doesn't show the animate out.

Report · Aug 09, 2021

I mean .. maybe, I guess. The thing is, I'm opening the comp by double clicking it. So, I'm not choosing the length of the opened comp. I assume it followes the settings that the creator (whom I don't know, in order to ask) of the template used and saved? And because the master comp has the in and outs, it should be in there somewhere, in the smaller comps? ....

If indeed it gets cut off because the comp is too short - is there a setting in which I can put in the minimum comp length and therefore every opened comp will be at least, say 60 sec? 'cause, when I try to extend the comps, I manage to do that, but it doesn't reveal anything that might've been hidden beforehand. It just prolongs the comp but the elemnts in there are still cut off at the original comp length.

Report · Aug 09, 2021

In the precomp with all the animations, are there keyframes? Can you use the right diamond arrow next to the keyframe indicator to skip to the next keyframe? And is it outside the time?

Looking again, at what's happening in the video, is there a time remap value on the precomp 8n the main comp? Could it be set to reverse the animate in based on the length of the precomp? If you extend the precomp in the main comp, does the animate line up with the new length? I did notice that the current time indicator appears synced across comps, if you drag this in the main comp to the end of the precomp then view the precomp, where is the current time indicator?

Report · Aug 09, 2021

Hi,

The remap value is mine. I used that in order to see if it would help out when exported as a MOGRT. A thought if it maybe was due to PP. It did not solve the issue.

The main comp (FINAL) does have keyframes. As shown in the video, it has an in and an out when on the main comp. For some reason, the out animation keyframe on the main comp, gets it to the in animation on the precomp. Within the precomp, there are no other keyframes than the ones used for the in animation.

If you look further, when i scroll to the far end of the precomp (LOWERTHIRD_5), to then see where the time indicator is located on the main comp, it is then on the NEXT precomp (LOWERTHIRD_6).