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bschaefer6
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April 7, 2023
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How to Pre-compose/group layers the are wider than my composition?

  • April 7, 2023
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I'm trying to group together multiple objects but together their width is wider than my composition so when I Pre-compose it slices off the sides of my grouping. How can I group these objects that as a whole are wider than my composition?

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Correct answer Warren Heaton

One option is to enable the "Collapse Transformations" Switch for the nested Comp, allowing Layers outside of the visible area of the nested (upstream) Comp to be seen in the containing (downstream) Comp.

 

 

 

For more on this option, go to https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/precomposing-nesting-pre-rendering.html and scroll down to "Render order and collapsing transformations".

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 7, 2023

One option is to enable the "Collapse Transformations" Switch for the nested Comp, allowing Layers outside of the visible area of the nested (upstream) Comp to be seen in the containing (downstream) Comp.

 

 

 

For more on this option, go to https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/precomposing-nesting-pre-rendering.html and scroll down to "Render order and collapsing transformations".

Mylenium
Mylenium
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April 7, 2023

You have to adjust the comp size of the pre-composition after the fact most of the time. AE's pre-compose logic is simply not smart enough to deal with this scenario. I believe there is a script that can help on AEScripts.com, so check the site.

 

Mylenium

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