After Effects Copy composition to another After Effects Project - Importing Compositions ✔

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Copying over compositions from one after effects project to another after effects project might seem counter-intuitive and hard to perform. In reality Adobe prepared a special function which is called "collecting" the elements we need to be able to open it in another project. This way will allow you to copy over only the composition you need instead of importing the entire AE project. It will collect all neccesary comps and layers for you!
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1000 thank yous for this. In my sloppiness I let an AE project get massive and bloated with comps and files, resulting in 2 min save times. Using this tutorial I separated comps into individual projects made it possible to work frustration-free. Great tutorial.

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Glad I could help! Thanks for commenting :)

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Sure, you are very welcome :)

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I'm glad that now you know :D

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Thank you so much. I started using After Effects with the mentality that it's Photoshop for video and animation

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Well basically it pretty much can be but it has so many own quirks and solutions that I can't really call it a photoshop for animation :D But yeah, it's a mutant that is for sure!

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Thank you so much dude! I learned something new and you have saved me a lot of time in my current and future projects.

[@andrewpach]

That is always fantastic to hear. You can simply drag & drop ae projects into other ae projects but this way it makes them much smaller and everything works faster!

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That is nice of you! Thanks. Most likely my tutorials will now be released on my "After Effects channel" to separate the content

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No problemo Michael ^^

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[@andrewpach]

Glad it helped! Thank you for this kind comment, I'm glad it is helpful. Remember, that you can also slim down your project by going to Dependencies > Reduce Project to get rid of unwanted content that isn't used.

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[@albertochapa88]

Thank you so much for this, i can now stop using one huge file for just one part of the render.

[@andrewpach]

Exactly, thank you glad you like the tutorial

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No such thing on most recent version.

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Dzięki za obejrzenie. No After Effects potrafi być nieproporcjonalnie skomplikowany w stosunku do tego , co chce się osiągnąć. Można wrzucić cały projekt do innego projektu ale wtedy robi się za dużo wszystkiego.

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I'm glad to hear that, having an error in AE is ..SCARRY!

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Sounds like heavy work, good luck with your project!

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No worries!

[@A_Data]

Hello, I have a question, Do you see the probability comparison videos all over youtube? the Reigarw Comparisons to be specific. Someone told me that those videos were edited using the After Effects software. Can you have a tutorial for that please? I really want to learn how to do that as it can also help me and my new channel.

[@andrewpach]

Hello, after you sent the link I understand what you mean by that video, its interesting but I have plenty of videos in the pipeline to create. I will note this down but I can't guarantee posting this anytime soon. Basically you would just make the elements with a grow animation and then build each scene and move them from left to right!

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@@andrewpach Thanks looking forward for that!

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super good ty

[@andrewpach]

You’re welcome @le_chef_antoine3326😊 Thank you for leaving a comment and helping me out as well!

[@wnr.6165]

Thank you so much

[@andrewpach]

You're most welcome

[@giovannidigitalart]

Bit late to the party and thanks for video. Very helpful. I would add that the composition has to be selected in the project panel and not on the the time line to get the only this com option. I'm new at this and couldn't figure this out. Thanks again.

[@andrewpach]

Thank you very much @giovannidigitalart! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :) Ur never late on my channel, welcome! You are right, I tought it's obviously but I should tell about it.

[@NikiWinProd]

It's a good approach, but I wish it would be the same like in Premiere Pro. The sad thing is, in AE you can only have 1 project open.

[@andrewpach]

Yeah AE is such a beast for PC it would probably take up too much ram and power to have several simultaneous instances open.

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@@andrewpach Yeah that could also be true! 😎

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Life saver 😭

[@andrewpach]

Glad to hear ^^

[@Theagames10]

I didn't know this was a feature! Does it also work for text as well as keeping the effects put on said text?

[@andrewpach]

Yes, it should, since it will "take" the text over it should also take it's applied effects.

[@Radheybikaner]

Thank you so much.

[@andrewpach]

No worries!

[@kajalbothe1756]

thank u sooooo much !

[@andrewpach]

You're welcome!

[@NinjaOST]

Is it possible to edit the animation settings after you import the composition? I want to import multiple composition effects into single footage project and edit them differently according to each footage scene.

[@andrewpach]

If you copied (collected) over layers with keyframes animations and options on them then yes, if they were parented to other comps and layers which weren't imported then it most likely will cause a missmatch error. But basically yes, it should be possible.

[@NinjaOST]

@@andrewpach I have tried these methods but didn't fully work for me, In fact I have found another simple method after 8 hours of experiments. You can save your animations as presets then use them again anytime from the effects & presets library. 1. Open file > select solid > go to effect controls > select your effects > Animation >Save animation preset > set name > save. *It will be saved in your effects and presets library just like other effects, you can even delete that from library folders. 2. Open another file > select any solid > click effects and presets > type your preset name or search user presets > drag that effect onto your solid > you can still customize it further or do anything else you want with no error. I use this method in game development and some other tools, but not sure if it were also possible in this one. I hope it helps! Thanks for reply though, appreciate it mate.

[@3kagilitio]

Ty so much

[@andrewpach]

You’re welcome @3kagilitio😊 Thank you for leaving a comment and helping me out as well!

[@heldermilato2821]

Thank you

[@andrewpach]

Thank you very much @heldermilato2821! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :)

[@MrHenriquez]

Thank you for this! Still works in AE 2024.

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Awesome to hear, glad my tutorial is still alive :D

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And this is what people that sell their templates do. So if any of you wanna start making cash from your creations, you know how to do it :D

[@andrewpach]

Well you can only sell a template if you have proper licensing or have created it but yeah, you can swap around elements between projects no problemo :)

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Thank you very much friend, something very simple, but that will help me a lot.

[@andrewpach]

You are welcome!

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thanks for the tip......

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You bet!

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thankyou from 2024 😁

[@andrewpach]

Awesome that this still works ;p

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Thank u sir .

[@andrewpach]

You are welcome :)

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[@andrewpach]

Haha yes exactly, it's a toggle since a few years actually. it looks great and is easy to use, i like the new system but at first i was also very surprised

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Great Stuff!!!

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Glad you enjoyed it

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Dzięki, super przydatne!

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Miło to słyszeć, pozdrawiam!

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thanks pls tell me how the reverse trim path direction

[@andrewpach]

Just reverse the % values on the keyframes

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Same to you!

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You just saved my life mate :)

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You are welcome then :D

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Thanks. Concise tutorial! Have a great day :)

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Glad it was helpful!

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U saved me 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@andrewpach]

Hah thank you mate, glad to hear that! :)

[@RainbowEster]

So grateful to have found this video. Ever since Ae allowed the import of other Ae project into files I have been struggling with folder structures and file efficiency. This solves it a lot of problems for me! Thank you!

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Thank you very much Justyna Kurbiel! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :)

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God bless you

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THank you so much, Sir, lifesaver!

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Welcome!

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Great tip and a great help in saving time to fellow creators! Subscribed, liked and commented! :) Thank you!

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Wow you really went all-in, thank you so much :D it really benefits the chanel

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Amazing!!! Wielkie dzięki!! Muchas gracias

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Thank you, danke, dzięki as well :D

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[@andrewpach]

Glad it helped

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thanks

[@andrewpach]

Welcome!

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Thank you for this quick tip. I was searching for this.

[@andrewpach]

Thank you very much Infinite Ideas! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :)

[@Thengola]

thanks

[@andrewpach]

No problem, thank you too!

[@AlejandroBelloRD]

Very logical steps, but it doesn't import the masks (the most odious thing to replicate), just the "solid" files (no properties). There must be another less 1960's way of doing things. Please, HELP!

[@Shadoufang]

I tested, man. It works, the masks are retained. I did the two masking methods: 1) Masks with shape IN the layer; 2) masks using another layer at the top.

[@Shadoufang]

Files here: AE-test importexport-withmasks_zip cl.ly/af324657139f

[@andrewpach]

Hm I have a hard time answering now, I think it collects the masks. Shadoufang, have you done anything special or just collected like I showed in the tut?

[@Shadoufang]

​@@andrewpach Nope, nothing special. Same, 1-collect selected comps; 2-open other project; 3-import that project/file with the collected comps. I can't imagine how the masks wouldn't be imported. Must be some special masks? Maybe the masks are linked files and the linking was lost somehow? ~I'm Lorgen btw :'D It's kinda weird being called by my pseudonym.

[@nirajdeshmukh7514]

Thank you so much. this is video what i am looking for!

[@andrewpach]

Glad it was helpful!

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still usefull in 2023 !!! thanks andrew :)

[@andrewpach]

Thank you very much @janeelliott9297! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :)

[@JEss-xi8tw]

if you edit and save the comp in the second project, does it save those changes in the original project?

[@utkarsh7662]

no it doesn’t

[@andrewpach]

No it doesn't because if you collect you collect to a separate file!

[@LeighWilliamson]

Great tip! That selected comps dropdown and the reduce project checkbox!

[@andrewpach]

Thank you very much Leigh Williamson! Appreciate you watching and commenting, that helps! :)

[@Jebesniper]

Big thanks man! Saved a lot of my work!

[@andrewpach]

Glad it helped!