Developing a walk cycle

[s***@adobeforums.com]

Walk already composed(ish)....in After Effects 7.....moved anchor points on different elements of figure......mapped walk...used parent child relationships.....etc....duration 5 seconds approx.....taken a serious while to get this far....yet to master scripting....I now want to include other effects onto the complete figure like blur and compound shadow and wanted to pre-compose i.e. nest the layers + key frames.....instead of duplicating layers and then applying changes on each element of figure however the only element that remains after pre-composing is the Torso which is not parented to anything. Has anyone come across this result.

[D***@adobeforums.com]

If all you have is your character's elements in the comp, it's probably easier to drag that comp from the project window to the new comp icon. Then you can apply your effects to your entire character on the new comp. So, it's kinda like you're precomping your elements.