Return-Path: Received: from exprod6og105.obsmtp.com ([64.18.1.189] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4614922 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:38:46 +0100 Received: from outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com ([192.150.11.134]) by exprod6ob105.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKTyr1tPPc2mxi2xmcX6IS0MtLkGW99c1A@postini.com; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:44:39 PST Received: from inner-relay-4.eur.adobe.com (inner-relay-4.adobe.com [193.104.215.14]) by outbound-smtp-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id q12Kgg0Y020706 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:42:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from nacas02.corp.adobe.com (nacas02.corp.adobe.com [10.8.189.100]) by inner-relay-4.eur.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id q12KiYPl026984 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:44:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from SJ1SWM219.corp.adobe.com (10.5.77.61) by nacas02.corp.adobe.com (10.8.189.100) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.192.1; Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:44:33 -0800 Received: from nambx09.corp.adobe.com ([10.8.189.47]) by SJ1SWM219.corp.adobe.com ([fe80::d55c:7209:7a34:fcf7%12]) with mapi; Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:44:34 -0800 From: Todd Kopriva To: After Effects Mail List Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:41:26 -0800 Subject: RE: [AE] How to consolidate footage properly - (what is AE's logic in deciding?) Thread-Topic: [AE] How to consolidate footage properly - (what is AE's logic in deciding?) Thread-Index: Aczh6n/KnzaRuqvfRdqZsNUeNJqCFQAAIjH0 Message-ID: <3087C3EE109D634A82116DB24F8B484510ADAF@nambx09.corp.adobe.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Sorry, but the answer isn't very satisfying: It appears that the "first" instance is the one that is kept, where "first"= refers to the first instance encountered as After Effects walks the compos= itions doing a search. Unfortunately, the algorithm for that search is not = one that is easily/usefully explained. As Dan Wilk said, "It's deterministi= c, but not designed... It keeps one of them. That's about all you can say."=