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Monkeydude05
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Why pre-comps appear when I replace with After Effects clip?

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Why is it when I dynamic link from Premiere Pro to After Effects, my layers appear as pre-comps within my composition as opposed to the images or video clips that were on the timeline in Premiere Pro. I don't want them as pre-comps. How do I stop this from happening?

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    Correct answer Roei Tzoref
    Why is it when I dynamic link from Premiere Pro to After Effects, my layers appear as pre-comps within my composition as opposed to the images or video clips that were on the timeline in Premiere Pro. I don't want them as pre-comps. How do I stop this from happening?

    how are you use dynamic link from premiere? it seems like you are importing a premiere project instead, that will show you clips as layers. when you import a dynamically linked sequence it has this icon:

    you won't see the clips, just one long sequence that will dynamically change from the editing you do in premiere, this is

    as opposed to importing a premiere project which will convert your premiere sequence to and Ae composition and look like this:

    and is now not linked in any way to your premiere project

    I believe the latter is the one you are using. and if you are getting your clips as precomps, it's probably because you used "scale to frame size" on your clips in premiere. change it to "set to frame size" instead and try again

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    Roei Tzoref
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    Brainiac
    May 8, 2017
    Why is it when I dynamic link from Premiere Pro to After Effects, my layers appear as pre-comps within my composition as opposed to the images or video clips that were on the timeline in Premiere Pro. I don't want them as pre-comps. How do I stop this from happening?

    how are you use dynamic link from premiere? it seems like you are importing a premiere project instead, that will show you clips as layers. when you import a dynamically linked sequence it has this icon:

    you won't see the clips, just one long sequence that will dynamically change from the editing you do in premiere, this is

    as opposed to importing a premiere project which will convert your premiere sequence to and Ae composition and look like this:

    and is now not linked in any way to your premiere project

    I believe the latter is the one you are using. and if you are getting your clips as precomps, it's probably because you used "scale to frame size" on your clips in premiere. change it to "set to frame size" instead and try again

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    Monkeydude05Author
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    May 8, 2017

    Is this not the correct way to Dynamic Link your timeline from Premiere Pro to After Effects? I mean it opens AE and the timeline matches my PP timeline with all the clips layered and correct length etc, but they are nearly all Pre-Comps... some aren't for some reason.

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    Monkeydude05Author
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    May 8, 2017

    well you could do that yes. but replace with after effects composition is usually for single clips, not whole editing sequence.

    you see the whole purpose of this dynamic link is combine the strengths of both of these Apps. Premiere is powerful in Editing, Ae is powerful in compositing single shots. when you select multiple clips from premiere and create an Ae DL composition from them, you are actually reversing the workflow - you keep your editing in Ae, and a single shot in Premiere... if it's a few shots that you need to work on together in Ae, then this command could be useful for multiple clips but that's not usually the case and does not appear to be the case when watching your screenshot.

    if you have to do it, I would keep the editing in premiere by duplicating the video track in premiere and only then replace the duplicate track with Ae Composition. this way, I have the original editing in premiere too. but as I said, it does not appear to be your case. it looks like you got full on editing in Ae and that's not so easy if you need to change anything or playback and not an efficient way to work. because what's to become of your premiere DL now? you are already in Ae, why do you need Premiere if everything is in Ae? why do you need a clip dynamically linked to Ae Editing? you should consider these questions. see if you are doing this right...

    BTW, if you just need your premiere edit in Ae converted to layers, you can also copy paste the sequence from the project panel in Premiere to the project panel in Ae. you can also copy paste clips and range of edits, although you do have to create a composition for them.

    in any case, the reason you are seeing some clips as precomps and some as layers is probably because you set your clips in premiere to "Scale to Frame Size", change it to "Set to Frame Size" and they will transfer as layers not precomps

    here's a tutorial about using DL workflow

    Use Dynamic Link with After Effects


    You are quite wrong in your assumptions of my work flow Roei, in fact, everything you suggest is in actual fact how I work. It would be insane to edit in AE. I edit in PP, and then, if I need to do any effect work, which is the case here, I copy my original clips onto another layer, and then I Dynamic Link that to go to AE, do my effects work and as you are aware, it is then automatically in situ in PP.

    I needed to do work on a number of concurrent clips, not one clip, so there is no problem doing it the way I have, and have been doing it this way for years. My question was not about that, so you should consider my question as opposed to telling me how to use dynamic link.

    My question was why were my layers coming in as pre-comps, and you hit the nail on the head there. Yes, it was because I did set "Scale to Frame Size". That has solved my problem, thank you.

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