From: Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com>
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:45:05 -0800
Subject: RE: [AE] How to consolidate footage properly - (what is AE's logic
 in deciding?)
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BTW, it would also be possible to enforce a certain logic so that After Eff=
ects kept a preferred instance. If you have a request for such a change in =
the logic, let us know:
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish


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From: Todd Kopriva
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:41 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: RE: [AE] How to consolidate footage properly - (what is AE's logic=
 in deciding?)

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."