Link Layers in different composotions

Question

Hello. I have a project with several compositions. All of then include same text graphics (different size, position etc).

Am I able to link (or something) the texts so that I would only need to write the text once, not again and again to different compositions.

Thanking in advance:)

Rami

Dave Merchant · Answer

Choose one composition to be the 'master', then for all the others you can use an expression to force the text layer's source value to match the master.

Expand the text layer in the child comp, and alt-click on the stopwatch for "Source Text", then type in something like this:

comp("name_of_master_comp").layer("name_of_master_text_layer").text.sourceText

..adjusting the names appropriately. You can paste the same expression into every child comp.

Note this will not copy the formatting or typeface - so if you have any character-level changes such as superscripts or bullet points, it won't work.

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