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When editing a precomp is there a way to see it in context with the main composition?

dward8
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Mar 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022

When editing a precomp is there a way to see it in context with the main composition?

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Mylenium
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Mar 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022

Lock the composition viewers and rearrange them side by side. ETLAT - edit this, look at that.

 

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Kyle Hamrick Community Expert
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Mar 11, 2022 Mar 11, 2022

As Mylenium suggested, there's a small lock icon on the tab of your Composition viewer. If you click that, it will lock this viewer, no matter what comp your timeline panel is in. If desired, you can open a second Comp viewer, and see both the precomp and parent comp side-by-side. 

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Awesome thanks that helped a lot!!

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