I finally got tired of doing this manually, so we created a free script!

What is this script for? The 3D Pre-Compose Script makes it easy to pre-compose 3D-aware layers by automatically copying all cameras & lights into the new comp with linked expressions! Just watch the tutorial to see all the amazing possibilities! Plus it’s Free!

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What can you do with it?

Create displacement maps out of 3D aware layers

Isolate 3D layers for different lighting setups in the same scene

Disable DOF for certain layers

Lens Flare obscuration maps in 3D: For Element 3d & Particular etc

Apply 2D effects to a 3D layer in screen space

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