Answers.Body: <p>Yes, this is possible. Simply right-click your logo in the Project-Panel and select &quot;replace file&quot;, then select your new logo.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Also if you were modifying the original file and didn't add any layers, when you save a .PSD file in photoshop, the file in After Effects should update a few seconds afterwards.
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Answers.Text: @tomh is absolutely right. If the PSD doesn't update in AE after saving in photoshop, you might need to right-click the source and press "reload footage". I've had some issues with it not updating sometimes, but 90% of the time that method works just fine.
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Body: <p>I made a logo in Photoshop. I imported it in After Effects where I animated it, I added effects, I duplicated it etc.</p>
  <p>Unfortunately I realized that the logo wasn't ready, I needed to add something else, a final touch, which had to be done in the source ie. in Photoshop. So I did change it in Photoshop, I imported the new one in the After Effects project.</p>
  <p>Now I spent about a good day's time doing all the effects etc on the previous logo. Is it possible that I can replace the old logo (the old layer) with the new layer such that I won't have to redo all the effects and animations etc. to the new layer all over again?</p>
  <p>gee if this isn't possible I will break down.</p>
  
Tags: <after-effects><adobe><effects><animation-rendering>
Title: Can I replace a layer with another in Adobe After Effects?
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ThreadText: # Can I replace a layer with another in Adobe After Effects?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-23)
  
  I made a logo in Photoshop. I imported it in After Effects where I animated it, I added effects, I duplicated it etc.
  
  Unfortunately I realized that the logo wasn't ready, I needed to add something else, a final touch, which had to be done in the source ie. in Photoshop. So I did change it in Photoshop, I imported the new one in the After Effects project.
  
  Now I spent about a good day's time doing all the effects etc on the previous logo. Is it possible that I can replace the old logo (the old layer) with the new layer such that I won't have to redo all the effects and animations etc. to the new layer all over again?
  
  gee if this isn't possible I will break down.
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, adobe, effects, animation-rendering
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-11-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  Yes, this is possible. Simply right-click your logo in the Project-Panel and select "replace file", then select your new logo.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Also if you were modifying the original file and didn't add any layers, when you save a .PSD file in photoshop, the file in After Effects should update a few seconds afterwards.  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 is absolutely right. If the PSD doesn't update in AE after saving in photoshop, you might need to right-click the source and press "reload footage". I've had some issues with it not updating sometimes, but 90% of the time that method works just fine.  
  
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