Un-Precompose any and all layers (2024)

TLDR: I made a script that un-precomposes precomps and returns layers with the correct in and out points. I made a full tutorial attached to this post with a link to buy in the description.

If you use the Dynamic link from Premiere Pro to After Effects with (for example) captions/text you'll notice they become precomps inside of After Effects. This is irritating because you cannot target the text properties directly, you have to go into the precomps.

I know this is a very, very niche solution but it saves you from copying/pasting layers out of precomps or having to go inside of them in the first place.

I originally used the unprecompose plugin from aescripts to solve this problem but I kept having to use the UI pop up with a list of options... This script instead allows you to bind it and select the precomps to unprecompose, that's it! All the best and I hope it helps.

https://youtu.be/l7KO2xdxwaU