How to add comps into other comps - Automation Blocks - After Effects

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January 27, 2025
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I want to add comps into other comps in sequence, so that "each clip starts where the previous clip ends." I tried using the "Creating a Comp with Clips" block, and while it works sometimes, it doesn't always work for my case.

All my comps are in the same bin. Is it possible to add these comps into another comp in sequence?

Thanks in advance!

Correct answer Mathias Moehl

I just recorded this tutorial for you explaining how to insert clips from the project panel into the active composition using Automation Blocks:

You can download the script shown in the tutorial now also in the Community Library at

Layer/Insert/Insert Selected Project Items into Active Comp Sequentially.xml

Mathias Moehl

Community Expert

Not sure what you mean with "doesn't always work", exactlly. But if you want to have more control, you can loop over the comps, add them one by one to the main comp via the Create New Footage Layer block (you can provide a comp as footage item to create a new precomp layer with that comp).

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects