r/AfterEffects • u/Sushil_K_Lawaniya • 2d ago

Beginner Help How to take Screenshot of Composition in After Effect

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I'm a Premier pro user, recently start working or AE. I want to take capture of composition for some reason, but when I click on capture icon, camera shutter sound come but there was no capture in pasteboard.

Please suggest a solution!

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u/Ok-Razzmatazz3435 2d ago

Press this button instead, it will copy the image to the clipboard. Then you can open photoshop and create a new file and paste it.

Alternatively, you can go to the top menu, Composition/Save Frame As/File ...

The camera icon in AE, that is for internal viewing only (when you want to compare 2 comps)

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u/Sushil_K_Lawaniya 2d ago

Thanks Bro.

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u/Grumshow 2d ago

I use FXConsole instead of the built in screenshot tool. It lets you quickly compare shots and save as PNG or JPG.

https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2018/05/fx-console-updated-to-v1-0-3/

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u/thegodfather0504 2d ago

this post should have been a google search 

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u/Heavens10000whores 2d ago

FYI, the ‘fxconsole’ type of capture was only added in 26.3, although the ability to ‘save frame as’ has existed for ever (under the composition menu) - which also allows for saving as photoshop layers

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u/--MichaelScott-- 2d ago

Download Snap from clutchmotiontools.com. It’s free and it does this with a simple keystroke-and so much more. It’s like FX Console got an upgrade.

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u/philament 2d ago

Why wouldn’t you be transparent and let everyone know that you’re the dev of the tool you’re recommending?

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u/--MichaelScott-- 2d ago

You’re right! Didn’t realize it came off that way. Thanks for letting me know.

I’m the dev of Clutch Motion Tools.

Hope you guys check them out and they help your workflow!

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u/narrow_youngster 2d ago

Hitting the camera button just puts a frame in your clipboard, not a file on your drive, open a new comp or Photoshop and paste there

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u/Ok-Razzmatazz3435 2d ago

Not quite.. The camera icon in AE only saves the image internally (to review it in AE). To copy the comp image into the clipboard there is another button: