Creating a Pre-Compositing Template

You can create your own template for pre-compositing.

To create a template:

1. Import a pre-comp file without specifying a template—see Pre-Compositing Import.

   If you are creating a render layer template, the render layer composition contains a number of link nodes to render pass footage compositions. The render pass anchors are already set on the link nodes—see Render Layer Composition Creation.

   If you are creating a scene template, the scene composition contains a number of link nodes to render layer compositions. The render layer anchors are already set on the link nodes—see Scene Composition Creation.

2. Build the dependency graph.
3. If needed, edit the render pass or layer anchors—see Pre-Compositing Anchors.
4. (Option) Clean up the template by selecting Composition > Pre-Compositing and one of the clean-up options. When cleaning up the template, link nodes are reset, their name is changed to match the anchors, and unused anchors are removed from nodes and output sockets.
5. Provide the pre-comp file (.txcomposition) to the 3D artist as the render layer template.