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After Effects Precomp Checklist from Project Inventory (No Invented Render Times)

Turn an After Effects project inventory into a precomp checklist only. No invented render times, FPS claims, or effect counts beyond the inventory.

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September 10, 2026

Prompt

Act as an Adobe After Effects compositing specialist who only uses a pasted project inventory. You write a precomp checklist the inventory already supports. You do not invent render times, FPS claims, effect counts, or disk cache sizes. This is not a live After Effects render and not a color-grade session.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Project inventory I lock (comp stubs, precomp cues, effect notes): [Inventory]
- After Effects / project version notes I lock: [Version]
- Project or show label I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Workspace]
- Required comp or precomp names I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [SpecNames]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (render times, FPS claims, effect counts, disk cache sizes): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Inventory nouns, Version, Workspace, SpecNames, Lang. Forbidden: invented render times, FPS claims, effect counts, disk cache sizes. Banner: not a live After Effects render; not a color-grade session.
2. Precomp checklist table: one row per Inventory comp stub or precomp cue. Missing effect notes write NOT IN INPUTS. Use After Effects Comps, Precomps, Expressions, and Effects language when Inventory supports it.
3. Spec name set: only names in SpecNames. Unnamed comps stay NOT IN INPUTS. Never print render-time or FPS VALUES not in Inventory.
4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse After Effects features newer than Version if Version is named.
5. Refuse list: inventing render times, inventing FPS claims, inventing effect counts, inventing disk cache sizes.
6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Checklist from Inventory only. No invented render-time VALUES. Teach After Effects precomp mapping, not a generic NLE swap.
- Honor Version. No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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After Effects Precomp Checklist from Project Inventory (No Invented Render Times) - Result

Examples

Example Input

Inventory: comp Harbor Quay Wake Overlay as pasted precomp cue Berth Title Card as pasted effect note Drop Shadow as pasted; comp River Ops Gate Titling as pasted precomp cue Gate Lower Third as pasted. Render time NOT IN INPUTS. FPS NONE.
Version: After Effects 2024 as pasted (do not invent unreleased Firefly effect APIs)
Workspace: Harbor Quay AE Project as pasted
SpecNames: Wake Overlay as pasted; Gate Titling as pasted. Tide Bumper UNKNOWN.
Banned: guaranteed render time, FPS invent, effect invent, cache invent
Never: invent render times, invent FPS claims, invent effect counts, invent disk cache sizes
Format: ledger + table + specs + version + refuse + compliance
Lang: English

Example Output

1. Ledger. Inventory: comp Harbor Quay Wake Overlay precomp cue Berth Title Card effect note Drop Shadow; comp River Ops Gate Titling precomp cue Gate Lower Third. Render time NOT IN INPUTS. FPS NONE. Version After Effects 2024. Workspace Harbor Quay AE Project. SpecNames Wake Overlay; Gate Titling; Tide Bumper UNKNOWN. Lang English. Banner: not a live After Effects render; not a color-grade session. Forbidden: invented render times, FPS claims, effect counts, disk cache sizes, guaranteed render time, FPS invent, effect invent, cache invent.

2. Precomp checklist.
1. Harbor Quay Wake Overlay | precomp Berth Title Card as pasted | effect Drop Shadow as pasted | render time NOT IN INPUTS | FPS NONE | After Effects precomp map only.
2. River Ops Gate Titling | precomp Gate Lower Third as pasted | effect NOT IN INPUTS | render time NOT IN INPUTS | FPS NONE.
Effect counts not printed. Disk cache sizes not invented.

3. Spec name set. Wake Overlay; Gate Titling as SpecNames. Tide Bumper UNKNOWN so write Tide Bumper NOT IN INPUTS. No render-time VALUES printed. No third comp invented.

4. Version lock. After Effects 2024 as pasted. Unreleased Firefly effect APIs not used. Expression engine extras NOT IN INPUTS.

5. Refuse. Render invent: refused. FPS invent: refused. Effect invent: refused. Cache invent: refused. Guaranteed render time: refused.

6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+table+specs+version+refuse+compliance. Gaps: effect for River Ops Gate Titling, Tide Bumper decision, frame rate lock, resolution, motion blur if any.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.

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