Importing After Effects compositions



You can import After Effects compositions like any other supported file type by using the File > Import command. You can export an Adobe Premiere Pro project file from After Effects and open it for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro. You can also copy and paste layers and assets between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. If you have Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium, or Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection installed, you can create or import After Effects compositions by using Adobe Dynamic Link. You can also select clips in an Adobe Premiere Pro timeline and replace them with an After Effects composition via Adobe Dynamic Link. Adobe Dynamic Link allows changes made to a file in either application to appear in both, instantaneously, without a need for rendering.
To move an After Effects project from another computer to the one on which you are running Adobe Premiere Pro, make sure to move all the files associated with the After Effects project.

Import After Effects compositions

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Select File > Import, and browse to the desired AEP file.

    • (Production Premium only) Select File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import After Effects Composition.

  2. Select the AEP file and click Open.

    If the After Effects project contains more than one composition, the Import After Effects Composition dialog opens.

  3. Select one or more compositions. Shift-click to select contiguous compositions. Ctrl-click (Windows), or Command-click (Mac OS) to select non-contiguous clips.

Adobe Premiere Pro imports the selected After Effects compositions and places them into the Project panel. If you selected more than one composition. Adobe Premiere Pro creates a bin with the name of the AEP file, and places the compositions within that bin.