user6332: I'm having playback issues with a video I've rendered in After Effects. I need to adjust the composition and all the content to a smaller size. However, when I adjust the comp size the footage stays the same. Is there a way to reduce the whole lot together?
Thanks

user6330: You can scale down everything in your composition by pre-comping everything and then shrinking the size of that pre-comp. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "when I adjust the comp size the footage stays the same". If you mean that when you change the composition size, the footage extends beyond the new border of the comp, then pre-comping and scaling down the pre-comp should fix this.

user1950: You can do it without the added complexity of precomposing. Look in the File> Scripts> menu, there's a script there called scale Composition.jsx. Run it, type in the new width, height or percentage and hit the button. Done.
Scripts are a useful, but rather neglected part of the AE tool set.

6332: <p>I'm having playback issues with a video I've rendered in After Effects. I need to adjust the composition and all the content to a smaller size. However, when I adjust the comp size the footage stays the same. Is there a way to reduce the whole lot together?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
 6330: <p>You can scale down everything in your composition by pre-comping everything and then shrinking the size of that pre-comp. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "when I adjust the comp size the footage stays the same". If you mean that when you change the composition size, the footage extends beyond the new border of the comp, then pre-comping and scaling down the pre-comp should fix this.</p>
 1950: <p>You can do it without the added complexity of precomposing. Look in the <strong>File> Scripts></strong> menu, there's a script there called <strong>scale Composition.jsx</strong>. Run it, type in the new width, height or percentage and hit the button. Done.</p>

<p>Scripts are a useful, but rather neglected part of the AE tool set.</p>
