When you Reduce Project, you select the Comps (or folder) you want to retain.

I make a folder where I put all the Comps I want to keep.  Often, I'll pre-render and use the pre-renders, but I want to hang onto the Comp I used for the Pre-Render.

So at the top of my project window, I have a folder for "keepers." Inside that are my master Comps folder, and my pre-comps folder.  Then, when I reduce, I select the top level folder, and proceed.

I put some spaces at the beginning of my "keeper folder," so it'll always go to the top of the Project Panel when I set it to sort in ascending order.

On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:39 PM, jayse Hansen wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> So - on the film we're working on we're constantly updating comps - and importing aeps inside aeps that have aeps imported. It gets messy super fast.
>
> We always grab the elements we want - reduce project and consolidate. Problem is ae seems to delete the original dupes and leave the imported versions - I'd rather have it the other way around.
>
> What is the logic AE uses to consolidate and pick which of the dupes to delete?
>
> A few of us have been searching but even Chris and Trish don't mention the logic here http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/story/cmg_hidden_gems_chapter_43_advanced_rendering
>
> They probably do in their book! But I left it at home in Vegas and I'm in LA now.
>
> Anybody know?
>
> Thanks!
>
> // jayse

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