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How to duplicate a composition in after effects and make it independent from the original

NESTOR_FEIJOO
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Apr 04, 2013 Apr 04, 2013

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Hi, im trying to duplicate a composition in after effects and make it independent from the original but it seems to be imposible.. im working on CS5.

Can somebody help me PLEASE??

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Rick Gerard Community Expert
Community Expert , Apr 04, 2013 Apr 04, 2013

As Andrew said, select a comp in the Project Panel, not in the timeline, and press Ctrl/Cmnd + D. You'll get a new comp with a number or copy added to the name. This comp is completely independent of the original one but it contains all of the same footage.

If the comp you duplicated contains other comps nested in the timeline then these nested comps must also be duplicated and their duplicates used to replace the original nested compositions in the duplicate comp. The script referred to makes t

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Nov 29, 2023 Nov 29, 2023

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In Response To Ciara Tobin

@Ciara Tobin Tried that. Didn't work. I'll give the script mentioned above a shot. 

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ThuridWadewitz_wob
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Jan 25, 2024 Jan 25, 2024

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I have the same problem - duplicating the composition in the project panel does not help if you have a composition with too many adjustments - cuts, keyframes, effects etc., that you have to add to the new composition.

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