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Is there a way to see your main composition while you're in a pre-comp, like a translucent view?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025

Disclaimer I am VERY new to After Effects, but one thing I struggle with in both AE and PR is using nests and pre-comps without a way to see/compare it easily to the main sequence or composition. Why isn't there an option to view your main content at a lower opacity while you're working in a nest/pre-comp, like an "onion skin" effect? When I am rotoscoping in AE there are different view options to see it with the pink outline over your foreground or with the background highlighted in red. I think something similar could be helpful when working in a nest/pre-comp so I can better align things on the screen by seeing my main content and adjusting accordingly. If something like this exists please let me know!

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Community Expert ,
Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025

Unfortunately I don't think that this is a feature in either app.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 11, 2025 Feb 11, 2025

I think something like it would probably be easy for Adobe to implement if enough people think it'd be helpful! Even something like how Comparison View works, although obviously it'd be easier to align elements symmetrically if you could overlay the main sequence/comp rather than a side-by-side view.

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 12, 2025 Feb 12, 2025
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I have asked this same question 1 year ago. No feature like this in AE sadly. If only the AE team knew how much we need this feature. I dream when we will be old or become granma or grand pa our grandchildren will have this feature and we will say 'you have this feature bacuse of us, we wanted it....'  😥

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