Hi Rick (and thanks everyone else),
I'm pretty sure I'm following the correct steps but I figure I must be doing something silly. Here's a few screen shots.
For example if I try to export this comp (in terms of footage there is only the wav. and .ai file and everything else is created within AE so it's a simple enough composition):
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Here it is in the project panel:
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The audio file sits in 'Imported Sound Effects' and the .ai file in 'AI Files'. As I've been doing, this comp is selected in the project panel and I am following the path I indicated before:
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The folder created from this is pulling files from everywhere that have no link to the composition in question as far as I can tell. Here is what the project panel looks like when I open this exported composition:
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The two files that I need for that composition are there (in the folders indicated above) but there are a host of others and tidying up everything in this exported project on the desktop as well as within the AE itself for this project is actually quite time consuming given that I am doing this quite regularly for compositions that I will benefit from reusing.
I guess I'm doing something wrong but I can't spot it. Could it connect in anyway with the arrangement of the project panel or how compositions are nested? It would go against my understanding but I'm out of ideas.
I’m not sure if this is correct but when exporting the composition in naming it I am naming the folder where the .ae file within takes on the name of the parent project. I assume this is how it should be?
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Thanks again for your help, it's much appreciated.
Frank
