To share an element, right click on it and then
Share ElementShares the element that it is usable on multiple places
This will result in creating a Shared Element and a
Reference
Reference a compo in another compo
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the second being an instance of the first.
Now to generate a
Reference
Reference a compo in another compo
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from a shared element, just [CTRL] + drag and drop from it or duplicate an existing
Reference
Reference a compo in another compo
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.
A
Reference
Reference a compo in another compo
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can be then become autonomous again with a right click ->
ImportImports a formerly referenced
To navigate from
Shared Element
A shared element that can be reused at several places like an After Effects precomposition
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to their
Reference
Reference a compo in another compo
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, right click on one or the other and you'll see menu shortcuts to bring you directly to them :
Check out the feature examples to see that at work. This is quite a powerful tool (indispensable) to do procedural compositing.
Also as I'm in a good mood today here is some examples of the shared element use. First how to use the same
Compo
Composite 2D Layer, Shape layer and 3D Layer together. [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N] to create a new composition after opening Smode
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(containing
Particles
Simulate a particle system
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in this case) to create both a waterfall but also to deform the image behind with it's luminosity :
and here another example to show how to use shared elements to texture and displace procedurally a 3D object. This particular composition will be added in the next releases of Smode (probably the 7.8):