Copy or duplicate a layer
When you copy a layer, you copy all of its properties, including effects, keyframes, expressions, and masks.
Duplicating a layer is a shortcut with which you copy and paste the layer with one command. Duplicating a layer with a track matte preserves the relative ordering of the layer and its track matte.
When you paste layers, they are placed in the order in which you selected them before copying. The first layer selected is the last one to be placed, so it ends up on the top in the layer stacking order. If you select layers from the top first, they will end up in the same stacking order when pasted.
If you
have a component of a layer—such as a mask or keyframe—selected when
you copy, you copy only that component. Before copying, press Shift+F2
to deselect all of a layer’s components and leave the layer selected. - To copy selected layers and place the copies at the same
times as the originals, choose Edit > Copy, and then
choose Edit > Paste.
To place copies at the top of the layer
stack in the Timeline panel instead of immediately above the originals,
press F2 to deselect the originals before you paste.
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