diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 91c672a4..10ec825c 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ once.
 | M1 | Keyframes: temporal and spatial interpolation, Easy Ease, roving, velocity | Done |
 | M2 | Compositing: 38 blend modes, track mattes, parenting, adjustment layers | Done |
 | M3 | Project operations: settings dialogs, layer commands, `.ecproj`, undo, After Effects menu bar | Done (unsaved-changes prompts, Solid / Layer Settings, lock-aware layer commands, safe project files; View ▸ New Viewer still opens only the one locked viewer) |
-| M4 | Preview: precomps, motion blur, cached playback | Mostly done |
+| M4 | Preview: precomps, motion blur, cached playback | Mostly done (Preserve frame rate / resolution when nested, one motion blur gate, RAM preview fixes, Cache Frames When Idle; left: motion blur of collapsed precomps and of animated layer content) |
 | M5 | Timeline depth: graph editor, keyframe clipboard and dialogs, time remapping, pick-whips, expression editor | Done |
 | M6 | Shapes, masks and footage: shape operators, masks and the pen tool, video and image import | Done |
 | M7 | 3D: 3D layers, cameras, lights, shadows, depth of field, 3D views and camera tools | In review |
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/comp.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/comp.rs
index dec74406..57bd4855 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/comp.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/comp.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ fn apply_settings(c: &mut Comp, p: &Value) {
     if let Some(n) = p.get("adaptiveSampleLimit").and_then(Value::as_u64) {
         c.motion_blur_adaptive_limit = (n as u32).clamp(16, 256);
     }
+    if let Some(b) = p.get("preserveFrameRate").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
+        c.preserve_frame_rate = b;
+    }
+    if let Some(b) = p.get("preserveResolution").and_then(Value::as_bool) {
+        c.preserve_resolution = b;
+    }
 }
 
 fn new_comp(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "New Composition...",
             ["Composition"],
             Some("Cmd+N"),
-            "{name?, width?, height?, frameRate?, duration? (s), startTime? (s) | startTimecode?, background? [r,g,b]|#hex, pixelAspect?, shutterAngle?, shutterPhase?, motionBlurSamples?, adaptiveSampleLimit? (16–256), renderer? classic3D|advanced3D, anchor?, open?}",
+            "{name?, width?, height?, frameRate?, duration? (s), startTime? (s) | startTimecode?, background? [r,g,b]|#hex, pixelAspect?, shutterAngle?, shutterPhase?, motionBlurSamples?, adaptiveSampleLimit? (16–256), preserveFrameRate?: bool, preserveResolution?: bool, renderer? classic3D|advanced3D, anchor?, open?}",
             always,
             new_comp
         ),
@@ -261,7 +267,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             "Composition Settings...",
             ["Composition"],
             Some("Cmd+K"),
-            "{comp?, name?, width?, height?, anchor? 0-8 (resize anchor, 4 = center), frameRate?, duration?, startTime? (s) | startTimecode?, background?, shutterAngle?, shutterPhase?, motionBlurSamples?, adaptiveSampleLimit? (16–256), pixelAspect?, renderer? classic3D|advanced3D}",
+            "{comp?, name?, width?, height?, anchor? 0-8 (resize anchor, 4 = center), frameRate?, duration?, startTime? (s) | startTimecode?, background?, shutterAngle?, shutterPhase?, motionBlurSamples?, adaptiveSampleLimit? (16–256), preserveFrameRate?: bool (nested or in the render queue it shows only its own frames), preserveResolution?: bool (nested, it renders at full size), pixelAspect?, renderer? classic3D|advanced3D}",
             has_comp,
             settings
         ),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/query.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/query.rs
index 267b4605..27588907 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/query.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/query.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ fn comp_info(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     Ok(json!({
         "id": cid.0, "name": name, "width": c.width, "height": c.height, "frameRate": c.frame_rate.as_f64(), "duration": c.duration.seconds(),
         "workArea": [c.work_area.0.seconds(), c.work_area.1.seconds()], "background": c.background,
+        "preserveFrameRate": c.preserve_frame_rate, "preserveResolution": c.preserve_resolution,
         "layers": c.layers.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, l)| layer_json(l, i + 1)).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
     }))
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_menu_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_menu_cmds.rs
index ec6e09b6..af005b50 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_menu_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_menu_cmds.rs
@@ -811,3 +811,24 @@ fn project_files_keep_their_format_warn_about_newer_versions_and_never_save_unre
     let e = s.execute("file.open", json!({"path": junk})).unwrap_err().to_string();
     assert!(e.contains("is not a project EffectCraft can open"), "{e}");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn comp_settings_preserve_frame_rate_and_resolution() {
+    let mut s = comp();
+    let info = s.execute("comp.info", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((info["preserveFrameRate"].clone(), info["preserveResolution"].clone()), (json!(false), json!(false)));
+    s.execute_checked("comp.settings", json!({"preserveFrameRate": true, "preserveResolution": true})).unwrap();
+    let info = s.execute("comp.info", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((info["preserveFrameRate"].clone(), info["preserveResolution"].clone()), (json!(true), json!(true)));
+    // Pre-compose keeps them; one undo step clears them.
+    let a = solid(&mut s, "#ff0000");
+    let r = s.execute("layer.precompose", json!({"layers": [a], "name": "Inner"})).unwrap();
+    let inner = s.project.comp(effectcraft_project::ItemId(r["comp"].as_u64().unwrap())).unwrap();
+    assert!(inner.preserve_frame_rate && inner.preserve_resolution);
+    // Undo Pre-compose and the solid; then one more step undoes the settings.
+    s.execute("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.active_comp().unwrap().preserve_frame_rate);
+    s.execute("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert!(!s.active_comp().unwrap().preserve_frame_rate && !s.active_comp().unwrap().preserve_resolution);
+}
diff --git a/crates/project/src/lib.rs b/crates/project/src/lib.rs
index 6074cb53..2771c65e 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/lib.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@ pub struct Comp {
     pub enable_frame_blending: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub draft_3d: bool,
+    /// Composition Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue:
+    /// nested in another comp, or rendered at another rate, it shows only its own frames.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub preserve_frame_rate: bool,
+    /// Composition Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Preserve resolution when nested: nested in a comp
+    /// previewed at a lower resolution, it still renders at full size.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub preserve_resolution: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub poster_time: Tick,
     /// Global Light for layer styles (Layer ▸ Layer Styles ▸ Blending Options).
@@ -358,12 +366,19 @@ impl Comp {
             enable_motion_blur: true,
             enable_frame_blending: true,
             draft_3d: false,
+            preserve_frame_rate: false,
+            preserve_resolution: false,
             poster_time: Tick::ZERO,
             guides: vec![],
             global_light: styles::GlobalLight::default(),
             essential: None,
         }
     }
+    /// Whether the composition has a frame at its time `t`: nested, it shows nothing before it
+    /// starts or after it ends (a precomp layer trimmed or remapped past it).
+    pub fn covers(&self, t: Tick) -> bool {
+        t >= Tick::ZERO && t < self.duration
+    }
     /// A new, empty composition with this one's settings (frame rate, pixel aspect, background,
     /// motion blur, frame blending and the 3D renderer), as Pre-compose makes.
     pub fn nested_like(&self, width: u32, height: u32, duration: Tick) -> Comp {
@@ -377,6 +392,8 @@ impl Comp {
             renderer: self.renderer,
             enable_motion_blur: self.enable_motion_blur,
             enable_frame_blending: self.enable_frame_blending,
+            preserve_frame_rate: self.preserve_frame_rate,
+            preserve_resolution: self.preserve_resolution,
             ..Comp::new(width, height, self.frame_rate, duration)
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/project/src/render_queue.rs b/crates/project/src/render_queue.rs
index aca651b9..f6a46caa 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/render_queue.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/render_queue.rs
@@ -418,8 +418,10 @@ impl RenderSettings {
         let b = b.clamp(a, comp.duration);
         (a, b)
     }
+    /// The output frame rate: the Frame Rate override, unless the comp preserves its frame rate
+    /// (Composition Settings ▸ Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue).
     pub fn rate(&self, comp: &Comp) -> FrameRate {
-        self.frame_rate.unwrap_or(comp.frame_rate)
+        if comp.preserve_frame_rate { comp.frame_rate } else { self.frame_rate.unwrap_or(comp.frame_rate) }
     }
     /// First output-rate frame starting at or after `t`.
     fn ceil_frame(r: FrameRate, t: Tick) -> i64 {
diff --git a/crates/render/src/cache.rs b/crates/render/src/cache.rs
index 8c85490b..e487e6ce 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/cache.rs
@@ -478,21 +478,21 @@ fn hash_values(h: &mut KeyHasher, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, g: &PropGroup) {
 /// Cache key for the processed (source → masks → effects) buffer of `layer` at the context
 /// time, or `None` when the layer must not be cached (footage, precomps, cameras, adjustment
 /// layers…).
-pub fn layer_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool) -> Option<u64> {
+pub fn layer_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, blur: bool) -> Option<u64> {
     // Time effects see property values at other times. Keyframes are part of the hashed
     // structure (and the layer time is folded in), but expressions may read other layers at
     // those times, which the key cannot see: such layers are not cached.
     if reads_other_times(layer) && layer.props.children.iter().any(|c| matches!(c, Node::Group(g) if g.match_id != "transform" && has_expression(g))) {
         return None;
     }
-    key_with(ctx, layer, scale, draft, false)
+    key_with(ctx, layer, scale, draft, blur, false)
 }
 
 /// Cache key for a layer's *input* at the context time: source → masks → its first `effects`
 /// effects (see `Renderer::layer_input`). Unlike [`layer_key`], footage layers are cached here
 /// (keyed by item and source time), since Time effects read many neighbouring frames.
-pub fn input_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, effects: usize) -> Option<u64> {
-    let base = key_with(ctx, layer, scale, draft, true)?;
+pub fn input_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, blur: bool, effects: usize) -> Option<u64> {
+    let base = key_with(ctx, layer, scale, draft, blur, true)?;
     let mut h = KeyHasher(base ^ 0x5bd1_e995_7a3c_11d3);
     effects.hash(&mut h);
     Some(h.finish())
@@ -515,18 +515,19 @@ fn has_expression(g: &PropGroup) -> bool {
 
 /// Cache key for an adjustment layer's footprint (its source through its masks, see
 /// `Renderer::adjustment_footprint`): the GPU compositor then uploads it once, not every frame.
-pub fn footprint_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool) -> Option<u64> {
-    Some(derive(key_any(ctx, layer, scale, draft, false)?, 0xf007_9417))
+pub fn footprint_key(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, blur: bool) -> Option<u64> {
+    Some(derive(key_any(ctx, layer, scale, draft, blur, false)?, 0xf007_9417))
 }
 
-fn key_with(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, footage: bool) -> Option<u64> {
+fn key_with(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, blur: bool, footage: bool) -> Option<u64> {
     if layer.switches.adjustment {
         return None;
     }
-    key_any(ctx, layer, scale, draft, footage)
+    key_any(ctx, layer, scale, draft, blur, footage)
 }
 
-fn key_any(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, footage: bool) -> Option<u64> {
+/// `blur`: the layer is motion blurred in this render (`Renderer::mb_on`).
+fn key_any(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, blur: bool, footage: bool) -> Option<u64> {
     let mut h = KeyHasher(0xcbf2_9ce4_8422_2325);
     match &layer.source {
         LayerSource::Solid { item } => {
@@ -558,11 +559,14 @@ fn key_any(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, scale: f64, draft: bool, footage: bool)
     layer.id.hash(&mut h);
     hash_debug(&mut h, &layer.source);
     hash_debug(&mut h, &layer.switches);
-    // Mask motion blur samples the comp's shutter.
-    if layer.masks().is_some_and(|m| !m.children.is_empty()) {
+    // Mask motion blur and effects that read the shutter depend on whether the layer is motion
+    // blurred in this render and on the comp's shutter.
+    if layer.masks().is_some_and(|m| !m.children.is_empty()) || layer.effects().is_some_and(|fx| !fx.children.is_empty()) {
+        blur.hash(&mut h);
         ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur.hash(&mut h);
         ctx.comp.shutter_angle.to_bits().hash(&mut h);
         ctx.comp.shutter_phase.to_bits().hash(&mut h);
+        ctx.comp.motion_blur_samples.hash(&mut h);
     }
     for c in &layer.props.children {
         // Transform is applied later; Layer Styles are keyed separately (see [`styles_key`]).
diff --git a/crates/render/src/eval.rs b/crates/render/src/eval.rs
index d8d3f641..b082e5f8 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/eval.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ impl<'a> EvalCtx<'a> {
         }
         layer.layer_time(self.time)
     }
+    /// The time a precomp layer's nested comp is shown at: [`Self::source_time`], floored to
+    /// the nested comp's own frames when it preserves its frame rate (Composition Settings ▸
+    /// Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue).
+    pub fn nested_time(&self, layer: &Layer) -> Tick {
+        let t = self.source_time(layer);
+        match layer.source {
+            LayerSource::Comp { item } => match self.project.comp(item) {
+                Some(nc) if nc.preserve_frame_rate => nc.frame_rate.tick_of(crate::frame_position(t, nc.frame_rate).0),
+                _ => t,
+            },
+            _ => t,
+        }
+    }
     pub fn layer(&self, id: LayerId) -> Option<&'a Layer> {
         self.comp.layer(id)
     }
diff --git a/crates/render/src/lib.rs b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
index 13d8fc4b..e49ee2b8 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl EffectHost for FxHost<'_, '_, '_> {
                 if self.r.depth > MAX_FX_DEPTH || self.r.project.comp_contains(*item, self.ctx.comp_id) {
                     return None;
                 }
-                self.r.nested().comp_aux(*item, self.ctx.source_time(self.layer)).map(Arc::new)
+                self.r.nested().comp_aux(*item, self.ctx.nested_time(self.layer)).map(Arc::new)
             }
             _ => None,
         }
@@ -558,7 +558,11 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     /// 3D layers use this comp's camera and lights.
     pub fn collapse_into(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx<'a>, layer: &Layer, item: ItemId, opacity: f32) -> Option<(Renderer<'a>, EvalCtx<'a>)> {
         let nc = self.project.comp(item)?;
-        let nctx = EvalCtx { comp_id: item, comp: nc, time: ctx.source_time(layer), ..*ctx };
+        let t = ctx.nested_time(layer);
+        if !nc.covers(t) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let nctx = EvalCtx { comp_id: item, comp: nc, time: t, ..*ctx };
         let (l2c, _) = ctx.layer_to_comp(layer);
         let outer = Some(self.outer.map_or(l2c, |o| o * l2c));
         let world = ctx.world_matrix(layer);
@@ -837,11 +841,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
             effect_index: 0,
             working_space: self.pipe.space,
             working_linear: self.pipe.linear,
-            shutter: (ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur && layer.switches.motion_blur).then_some((
-                ctx.comp.shutter_angle,
-                ctx.comp.shutter_phase,
-                ctx.comp.motion_blur_samples,
-            )),
+            shutter: self.mb_on(ctx, layer).then_some((ctx.comp.shutter_angle, ctx.comp.shutter_phase, ctx.comp.motion_blur_samples)),
         };
         // Video effects in stack order (index, group, spec); disabled and audio effects skipped.
         let stack: Vec<(usize, &effectcraft_project::PropGroup, &'static effectcraft_effects::EffectSpec)> = fx
@@ -925,22 +925,31 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
                     return None;
                 }
                 // A composition proxy (a rendered still or movie) stands in for the comp.
+                // Nothing before the nested comp starts or after it ends.
+                let lt = ctx.nested_time(layer);
+                if !self.project.comp(*item).is_some_and(|nc| nc.covers(lt)) {
+                    return None;
+                }
                 if let Some(pf) = self.proxy_for(*item)
                     && let Some(nc) = self.project.comp(*item)
                 {
-                    let img = self.footage.frame(*item, pf, ctx.source_time(layer))?;
+                    let img = self.footage.frame(*item, pf, lt)?;
                     return Some(self.footage_buf(&img, pf, nc.width, nc.height));
                 }
                 // Essential Properties overrides render the nested comp with this instance's
                 // values.
                 let ov = essential_overrides(ctx, layer);
                 let tmp = if ov.is_empty() { None } else { effectcraft_project::essential::with_overrides(self.project, *item, &ov) };
+                // Preserve resolution when nested: drawn at full size even when this comp renders
+                // smaller (the buffer's scale places it).
+                let full = s < 1.0 && self.project.comp(*item).is_some_and(|nc| nc.preserve_resolution);
+                let bs = if full { 1.0 } else { s };
                 let base = self.nested_through(layer);
+                let base = Renderer { opts: RenderOpts { scale: bs, ..base.opts }, ..base };
                 let sub = match &tmp {
                     Some(p) => Renderer { project: p, ..base },
                     None => base,
                 };
-                let lt = ctx.source_time(layer);
                 // Frame blending between the nested comp's frames (time-stretched/remapped).
                 let mode = frame_blend_mode(ctx, layer);
                 if mode != FrameBlend::Off
@@ -950,10 +959,10 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
                     if w > 1e-6 {
                         let a = sub.comp_frame(*item, nc.frame_rate.tick_of(i));
                         let b = sub.comp_frame(*item, nc.frame_rate.tick_of(i + 1));
-                        return Some(Buf { img: blend_frames(mode, &a, &b, w as f32), offset: [0.0; 2], scale: s });
+                        return Some(Buf { img: blend_frames(mode, &a, &b, w as f32), offset: [0.0; 2], scale: bs });
                     }
                 }
-                Some(Buf { img: sub.comp_frame(*item, lt), offset: [0.0; 2], scale: s })
+                Some(Buf { img: sub.comp_frame(*item, lt), offset: [0.0; 2], scale: bs })
             }
             LayerSource::Footage { item } => {
                 let it = self.project.item(*item)?;
@@ -1072,7 +1081,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
         let mut buf = self.source(ctx, layer)?;
         // A solid is filled with a quantised colour: only masks can take it off the grid.
         let solid = matches!(layer.source, LayerSource::Solid { .. });
-        if masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut buf) || !solid {
+        if masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut buf, self.mask_blur(ctx, layer)) || !solid {
             self.pipe.quantize(&mut buf.img);
         }
         Some(buf)
@@ -1139,7 +1148,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     }
 
     fn content_buf_timed(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, mut timing: Option<&mut LayerTiming>) -> Option<(Arc<Buf>, Option<u64>)> {
-        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::layer_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft));
+        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::layer_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft, self.mb_on(ctx, layer)));
         if let (Some(c), Some(k)) = (self.cache, key)
             && let Some(b) = c.get(k)
         {
@@ -1160,7 +1169,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     /// (what Time effects read at neighbouring times). Served from / stored in the layer cache
     /// under its own key, so scrubbing reuses frames rendered for earlier output frames.
     pub fn layer_input(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, effects: usize) -> Option<Arc<Buf>> {
-        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::input_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft, effects));
+        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::input_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft, self.mb_on(ctx, layer), effects));
         if let (Some(c), Some(k)) = (self.cache, key)
             && let Some(b) = c.get(k)
         {
@@ -1272,11 +1281,22 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
             * Mat3::translate(vec2(-buf.offset[0], -buf.offset[1]))
     }
 
-    /// Whether a layer is motion blurred.
-    fn mb_on(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> bool {
+    /// Whether a layer is motion blurred: the render options, the comp's switch and the layer's
+    /// switch (limited by the precomp layers above when switches affect nested comps). Layer
+    /// motion, mask motion blur, effects that read the shutter and Advanced 3D all ask this.
+    pub(crate) fn mb_on(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> bool {
         self.opts.motion_blur && ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur && self.layer_motion_blur(layer)
     }
 
+    /// What a layer's mask motion blur may do in this render (see [`masks::MaskBlur`]).
+    fn mask_blur(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> masks::MaskBlur {
+        masks::MaskBlur {
+            allowed: self.opts.motion_blur && ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur && self.inherited.is_none_or(|(_, mb)| mb),
+            layer: self.layer_motion_blur(layer),
+            samples: if self.opts.draft { 4 } else { ctx.comp.motion_blur_samples as usize },
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Motion-blur sub-samples for a layer buffer (1 = no motion blur). As in After Effects, a 2D
     /// layer gets about one sample per output pixel its corners travel during the shutter,
     /// at least Samples Per Frame and at most the comp's Adaptive Sample Limit; a layer that
@@ -1532,7 +1552,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     /// Adjustment layer: effects applied to the comp below, limited to the layer's footprint.
     fn draw_adjustment(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, canvas: &mut Image, opacity: f32) {
         let Some(mut foot) = self.source(ctx, layer) else { return };
-        let _ = masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut foot);
+        let _ = masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut foot, self.mask_blur(ctx, layer));
         let mut matte = Image::new(canvas.width, canvas.height);
         self.place(ctx, layer, &foot, &mut matte, BlendMode::Normal, 1.0);
         let o = self.roi_offset().map(|(x, y, _, _)| [-x, -y]).unwrap_or([0.0; 2]);
@@ -1695,14 +1715,14 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     /// its effects show. `None` = the layer changes nothing.
     pub fn adjustment_footprint(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Option<Arc<Buf>> {
         // Cached, so an accelerator sees the same buffer (and uploads it once) every frame.
-        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::footprint_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft));
+        let key = self.cache.and_then(|_| cache::footprint_key(ctx, layer, self.raster_scale(ctx, layer), self.opts.draft, self.mb_on(ctx, layer)));
         if let (Some(c), Some(k)) = (self.cache, key)
             && let Some(b) = c.get(k)
         {
             return Some(b);
         }
         let mut foot = self.source(ctx, layer)?;
-        let _ = masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut foot);
+        let _ = masks::apply(ctx, layer, &mut foot, self.mask_blur(ctx, layer));
         let foot = Arc::new(foot);
         if let (Some(c), Some(k)) = (self.cache, key) {
             c.insert(k, foot.clone());
@@ -1901,6 +1921,10 @@ mod tests_color;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_frame_blend;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_mask_blur;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_nested;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_paint;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_time;
diff --git a/crates/render/src/masks.rs b/crates/render/src/masks.rs
index 8fcb39b7..0cfdc0e7 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/masks.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/masks.rs
@@ -10,29 +10,40 @@ use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::eval::EvalCtx;
 
-/// Sub-frame samples for mask motion blur (animated mask paths only).
-const MASK_BLUR_SAMPLES: usize = 8;
+/// What mask motion blur may do in a render (from the renderer's motion blur gate).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct MaskBlur {
+    /// Motion blur is on in this render: the render options, the comp's switch and the Motion
+    /// Blur switches of the precomp layers above (when switches affect nested comps).
+    pub allowed: bool,
+    /// The layer's own Motion Blur switch, as those precomp layers limit it (Same As Layer).
+    pub layer: bool,
+    /// Sub-frame samples (the comp's Samples Per Frame; fewer in Draft).
+    pub samples: usize,
+}
 
 /// Coverage of one mask in buffer pixels (before mode/opacity/invert). With mask motion blur
 /// (Layer ▸ Mask ▸ Motion Blur: On, or Same As Layer with the layer's switch on) an animated
 /// path is averaged over the comp's shutter.
-fn coverage(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, g: &effectcraft_project::PropGroup, buf: &Buf) -> Option<Mask> {
-    let mb = match g.kind {
-        GroupKind::Mask { motion_blur, .. } => match motion_blur {
-            MaskMotionBlur::On => true,
-            MaskMotionBlur::Off => false,
-            MaskMotionBlur::SameAsLayer => layer.switches.motion_blur,
-        },
-        _ => false,
-    };
+fn coverage(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, g: &effectcraft_project::PropGroup, buf: &Buf, blur: MaskBlur) -> Option<Mask> {
+    let mb = blur.allowed
+        && match g.kind {
+            GroupKind::Mask { motion_blur, .. } => match motion_blur {
+                MaskMotionBlur::On => true,
+                MaskMotionBlur::Off => false,
+                MaskMotionBlur::SameAsLayer => blur.layer,
+            },
+            _ => false,
+        };
     let animated = g.get("path").is_some_and(|p| p.keys.len() > 1 || p.has_expression());
-    if mb && animated && ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur {
+    if mb && animated {
         let fd = ctx.comp.frame_duration().seconds();
         let (angle, phase) = (ctx.comp.shutter_angle / 360.0, ctx.comp.shutter_phase / 360.0);
         let mut acc: Option<Mask> = None;
-        let k = 1.0 / MASK_BLUR_SAMPLES as f32;
-        for i in 0..MASK_BLUR_SAMPLES {
-            let f = phase + angle * i as f64 / (MASK_BLUR_SAMPLES - 1) as f64;
+        let n = blur.samples.max(2);
+        let k = 1.0 / n as f32;
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let f = phase + angle * i as f64 / (n - 1) as f64;
             let sub = ctx.at(ctx.time + effectcraft_time::Tick::from_seconds_f64(f * fd));
             let Some(c) = coverage_at(&sub, layer, g, buf) else { continue };
             match &mut acc {
@@ -121,7 +132,7 @@ pub fn shapes(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Vec<effectcraft_effects::MaskShap
 
 /// Apply the layer's masks to its buffer.
 /// Returns whether any mask was applied.
-pub fn apply(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, buf: &mut Buf) -> bool {
+pub fn apply(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, buf: &mut Buf, blur: MaskBlur) -> bool {
     let Some(masks) = layer.masks() else { return false };
     let list: Vec<_> = masks.groups().filter(|g| g.enabled && matches!(g.kind, GroupKind::Mask { mode, .. } if mode != MaskMode::None)).collect();
     if list.is_empty() {
@@ -133,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn apply(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, buf: &mut Buf) -> bool {
     let mut acc = vec![if first_sub { 1.0f32 } else { 0.0 }; n];
     for g in list {
         let GroupKind::Mask { mode, inverted, .. } = g.kind else { continue };
-        let Some(mut cov) = coverage(ctx, layer, g, buf) else { continue };
+        let Some(mut cov) = coverage(ctx, layer, g, buf, blur) else { continue };
         let op = (ctx.f(layer, g, "opacity", 100.0) / 100.0) as f32;
         cov.data.par_iter_mut().for_each(|c| {
             if inverted {
diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests_mask_blur.rs b/crates/render/src/tests_mask_blur.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12b88bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests_mask_blur.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//! Mask motion blur follows the renderer's motion blur gate: the render options (Render
+//! Settings ▸ Motion Blur, previews), the comp's switch and the precomp layers above.
+
+use effectcraft_color::Label;
+use effectcraft_keyframe::{Keyframe, ShapePath, Value};
+use effectcraft_project::build::{self, Ids};
+use effectcraft_project::{Comp, GroupKind, ItemId, ItemKind, LayerSource, MaskMode, MaskMotionBlur, Node, Project, Solid};
+use effectcraft_time::{FrameRate, Tick};
+
+use crate::{NoFootage, RenderOpts, Renderer};
+
+/// A white 100×100 solid whose rect mask jumps from x 10 (frame 0) to x 50 (frame 1), Mask
+/// Motion Blur On, the layer's own switch off. Rendered half way, unblurred the mask covers x
+/// 30..50; blurred over the shutter it reaches down to x ≈ 20.
+fn project(comp_blur: bool) -> (Project, ItemId) {
+    let mut p = Project::default();
+    let mut comp = Comp::new(100, 100, FrameRate::FPS_30, Tick::from_seconds_f64(1.0));
+    comp.enable_motion_blur = comp_blur;
+    let sid = p.add_item("S", Label::Red, None, ItemKind::Solid(Solid { color: [1.0; 3], width: 100, height: 100, pixel_aspect: 1.0 }));
+    let mut l = build::layer(&mut p, &comp, "S", LayerSource::Solid { item: sid }, (100, 100), None);
+    let mut next = p.next_id;
+    let mut m = build::mask(&mut Ids(&mut next), "Mask 1", ShapePath::rect([20.0, 50.0], 20.0, 100.0), MaskMode::Add, [255, 0, 0]);
+    p.next_id = next;
+    if let GroupKind::Mask { motion_blur, .. } = &mut m.kind {
+        *motion_blur = MaskMotionBlur::On;
+    }
+    let path = m.get_mut("path").unwrap();
+    path.keys = vec![
+        Keyframe::new(Tick::ZERO, Value::Path(ShapePath::rect([20.0, 50.0], 20.0, 100.0))),
+        Keyframe::new(FrameRate::FPS_30.tick_of(1), Value::Path(ShapePath::rect([60.0, 50.0], 20.0, 100.0))),
+    ];
+    l.props.sub_mut("masks").unwrap().children.push(Node::Group(m));
+    l.switches.motion_blur = false;
+    let cid = p.add_item("C", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(comp.into()));
+    p.comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layers.push(l);
+    (p, cid)
+}
+
+fn alpha_at_25(p: &Project, cid: ItemId, motion_blur: bool) -> f32 {
+    let half = Tick::from_seconds_f64(0.5 / 30.0);
+    Renderer::new(p, &NoFootage, RenderOpts { motion_blur, ..Default::default() }).comp_frame(cid, half).get(25, 50)[3]
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mask_motion_blur_follows_the_render_and_the_comp() {
+    let (p, cid) = project(true);
+    let a = alpha_at_25(&p, cid, true);
+    assert!(a > 0.05 && a < 0.95, "blurred: {a}");
+    assert!(alpha_at_25(&p, cid, false) < 0.01, "Render Settings ▸ Motion Blur off");
+    let (p, cid) = project(false);
+    assert!(alpha_at_25(&p, cid, true) < 0.01, "the comp's switch off");
+}
diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests_nested.rs b/crates/render/src/tests_nested.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b153d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests_nested.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//! Nested compositions: Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue, Preserve resolution
+//! when nested.
+
+use effectcraft_color::Label;
+use effectcraft_keyframe::{Keyframe, Value};
+use effectcraft_project::build;
+use effectcraft_project::render_queue::RenderSettings;
+use effectcraft_project::{Comp, ItemId, ItemKind, LayerSource, Project, Solid};
+use effectcraft_time::{FrameRate, Tick};
+
+use crate::render_frame;
+
+fn s(x: f64) -> Tick {
+    Tick::from_seconds_f64(x)
+}
+
+/// A 30 fps outer comp nesting a 10 fps 100×100 comp whose 10×10 solid moves from x=10 (0 s)
+/// to x=90 (2 s). Returns (project, outer, inner).
+fn nested(preserve_rate: bool, preserve_res: bool) -> (Project, ItemId, ItemId) {
+    let mut p = Project::default();
+    let outer = Comp::new(100, 100, FrameRate::FPS_30, s(4.0));
+    let mut inner = Comp::new(100, 100, FrameRate::from_f64(10.0), s(4.0));
+    inner.preserve_frame_rate = preserve_rate;
+    inner.preserve_resolution = preserve_res;
+    let sid = p.add_item("S", Label::Red, None, ItemKind::Solid(Solid { color: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0], width: 10, height: 10, pixel_aspect: 1.0 }));
+    let mut l = build::layer(&mut p, &inner, "S", LayerSource::Solid { item: sid }, (10, 10), None);
+    l.props.prop_mut("transform/position").unwrap().keys =
+        vec![Keyframe::new(Tick::ZERO, Value::Vec3([10.0, 50.0, 0.0])), Keyframe::new(s(2.0), Value::Vec3([90.0, 50.0, 0.0]))];
+    inner.layers.push(l);
+    let iid = p.add_item("Inner", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(inner.into()));
+    let cid = p.add_item("Outer", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(outer.clone().into()));
+    let pre = build::layer(&mut p, &outer, "Inner", LayerSource::Comp { item: iid }, (100, 100), None);
+    p.comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layers.push(pre);
+    (p, cid, iid)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_comp_preserving_its_frame_rate_shows_only_its_own_frames_when_nested() {
+    // 2/30 s falls between the nested comp's frames 0 (0 s) and 1 (0.1 s).
+    let between = s(2.0 / 30.0);
+    let (p, cid, _) = nested(false, false);
+    assert_ne!(render_frame(&p, cid, between, 1.0).data, render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::ZERO, 1.0).data, "follows the outer comp's frames");
+    let (p, cid, _) = nested(true, false);
+    assert_eq!(render_frame(&p, cid, between, 1.0).data, render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::ZERO, 1.0).data, "holds its own frame 0");
+    assert_ne!(render_frame(&p, cid, s(0.1), 1.0).data, render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::ZERO, 1.0).data, "then its frame 1");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_render_queue_keeps_a_preserved_frame_rate() {
+    let (p, _, iid) = nested(true, false);
+    let settings = RenderSettings { frame_rate: Some(FrameRate::FPS_30), ..Default::default() };
+    assert_eq!(settings.rate(p.comp(iid).unwrap()), FrameRate::from_f64(10.0));
+    let (p, _, iid) = nested(false, false);
+    assert_eq!(settings.rate(p.comp(iid).unwrap()), FrameRate::FPS_30);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_comp_preserving_its_resolution_renders_full_size_and_lands_in_place() {
+    for preserve in [false, true] {
+        let (p, cid, _) = nested(false, preserve);
+        let img = render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::ZERO, 0.5);
+        assert_eq!((img.width, img.height), (50, 50));
+        // The solid covers x 5..15, y 45..55 in the 100×100 comp: 2.5..7.5, 22.5..27.5 at half size.
+        assert!(img.get(5, 25)[3] > 0.99, "preserve {preserve}: inside");
+        assert!(img.get(20, 25)[3] < 0.01 && img.get(5, 40)[3] < 0.01, "preserve {preserve}: outside");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_nested_comp_shows_nothing_past_its_end() {
+    for collapse in [false, true] {
+        let mut p = Project::default();
+        let outer = Comp::new(100, 100, FrameRate::FPS_30, s(4.0));
+        // A 1 s comp with a solid covering it for 4 s (longer than the comp itself).
+        let mut inner = Comp::new(100, 100, FrameRate::FPS_30, s(1.0));
+        let sid = p.add_item("S", Label::Red, None, ItemKind::Solid(Solid { color: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0], width: 100, height: 100, pixel_aspect: 1.0 }));
+        let mut l = build::layer(&mut p, &inner, "S", LayerSource::Solid { item: sid }, (100, 100), None);
+        l.out_point = s(4.0);
+        inner.layers.push(l);
+        let iid = p.add_item("Inner", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(inner.into()));
+        let cid = p.add_item("Outer", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(outer.clone().into()));
+        // The precomp layer is trimmed out to 3 s, past the nested comp's end.
+        let mut pre = build::layer(&mut p, &outer, "Inner", LayerSource::Comp { item: iid }, (100, 100), None);
+        pre.out_point = s(3.0);
+        pre.switches.collapse = collapse;
+        p.comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layers.push(pre);
+        assert!(render_frame(&p, cid, s(0.5), 1.0).get(50, 50)[3] > 0.99, "collapse {collapse}: inside its span");
+        assert!(render_frame(&p, cid, s(2.0), 1.0).get(50, 50)[3] < 0.01, "collapse {collapse}: past its end");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
index b7073667..93913aa8 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ fn wiggly_selector_is_deterministic_and_time_dependent() {
     assert!(ys(&a).iter().all(|y| y.abs() <= 50.0 + 1e-9));
     assert!(ys(&a).windows(2).any(|w| (w[0] - w[1]).abs() > 1e-6));
     // The layer cache keys a wiggly text layer by time.
-    let k1 = crate::cache::layer_key(&ctx(&p, cid, 0.5), l, 1.0, false);
-    let k2 = crate::cache::layer_key(&ctx(&p, cid, 1.3), l, 1.0, false);
+    let k1 = crate::cache::layer_key(&ctx(&p, cid, 0.5), l, 1.0, false, false);
+    let k2 = crate::cache::layer_key(&ctx(&p, cid, 1.3), l, 1.0, false, false);
     assert_ne!(k1, k2);
     // Renders identically twice.
     let r1 = crate::render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::from_seconds_f64(0.5), 0.5);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/three_d/adv/scene.rs b/crates/render/src/three_d/adv/scene.rs
index 1570c2c6..79b5dc16 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/three_d/adv/scene.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/three_d/adv/scene.rs
@@ -882,9 +882,10 @@ pub(crate) fn build(r: &Renderer, ctx: &EvalCtx, run: &[&Layer], out: (u32, u32)
     build_at(r, ctx, None, run, out)
 }
 
-/// Whether a layer's motion is blurred (Motion Blur switch, comp setting and render option).
+/// Whether a layer's motion is blurred (the renderer's gate: Motion Blur switch, comp setting,
+/// render option and the precomp layers above).
 pub(crate) fn motion_blurred(r: &Renderer, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> bool {
-    r.opts.motion_blur && ctx.comp.enable_motion_blur && layer.switches.motion_blur
+    r.mb_on(ctx, layer)
 }
 
 /// [`build`] at a motion-blur sub-sample: layers with Motion Blur on, the camera and the lights
diff --git a/crates/script/src/model.rs b/crates/script/src/model.rs
index 18270590..4a92f396 100644
--- a/crates/script/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/script/src/model.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ fn item(s: &Session, a: &J) -> R {
                         "draft3d": c.draft_3d, "shutterAngle": c.shutter_angle, "shutterPhase": c.shutter_phase,
                         "motionBlurSamplesPerFrame": c.motion_blur_samples,
                         "motionBlurAdaptiveSampleLimit": c.motion_blur_adaptive_limit,
+                        "preserveNestedFrameRate": c.preserve_frame_rate, "preserveNestedResolution": c.preserve_resolution,
                         "renderer": match c.renderer { effectcraft_project::Renderer::Classic3D => "ADBE Classic 3D", effectcraft_project::Renderer::Advanced3D => "ADBE Advanced 3d" },
                         "open": s.state.open_comps.contains(&cid), "active": s.active_comp_id() == Some(cid),
                         "hasVideo": true, "hasAudio": c.layers.iter().any(|l| l.switches.audio && matches!(l.source, LayerSource::Footage { .. } | LayerSource::Comp { .. })),
diff --git a/crates/script/src/prelude.js b/crates/script/src/prelude.js
index c06bc9bf..423e1b89 100644
--- a/crates/script/src/prelude.js
+++ b/crates/script/src/prelude.js
@@ -1409,6 +1409,8 @@ CompItem.prototype.constructor = CompItem;
   def("shutterAngle", function () { return this.__info().shutterAngle; }, function (v) { this.__settings({ shutterAngle: __num(v) }); });
   def("shutterPhase", function () { return this.__info().shutterPhase; }, function (v) { this.__settings({ shutterPhase: __num(v) }); });
   def("motionBlurSamplesPerFrame", function () { return this.__info().motionBlurSamplesPerFrame; }, function (v) { this.__settings({ motionBlurSamples: __num(v) }); });
+  def("preserveNestedFrameRate", function () { return this.__info().preserveNestedFrameRate; }, function (v) { this.__settings({ preserveFrameRate: !!v }); });
+  def("preserveNestedResolution", function () { return this.__info().preserveNestedResolution; }, function (v) { this.__settings({ preserveResolution: !!v }); });
   def("renderer", function () { return this.__info().renderer; }, function (v) {
     this.__settings({ renderer: String(v).toLowerCase().indexOf("advanced") >= 0 ? "advanced3D" : "classic3D" });
   });
diff --git a/crates/script/src/tests.rs b/crates/script/src/tests.rs
index 4df252b6..d71d20cb 100644
--- a/crates/script/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/script/src/tests.rs
@@ -484,3 +484,21 @@ fn motion_graphics_template_hooks_add_mirrors_and_controllers() {
     let eg = c.essential.as_ref().unwrap();
     assert!(matches!(eg.controls[1].kind, effectcraft_engine::project::essential::EgKind::Mirror { of } if of == eg.controls[0].id));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn comp_preserves_nested_frame_rate_and_resolution() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let o = ok(
+        &mut s,
+        r#"
+        var comp = app.project.items.addComp("Nested", 320, 180, 1, 2, 12);
+        var before = [comp.preserveNestedFrameRate, comp.preserveNestedResolution];
+        comp.preserveNestedFrameRate = true;
+        comp.preserveNestedResolution = true;
+        before.concat([comp.preserveNestedFrameRate, comp.preserveNestedResolution]).join(",");
+        "#,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(o.result, json!("false,false,true,true"));
+    let (_, c) = comp_named(&s, "Nested");
+    assert!(c.preserve_frame_rate && c.preserve_resolution);
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/comp_settings.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/comp_settings.rs
index 6e481c6b..2befd5e6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/comp_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/comp_settings.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ pub struct CompDraft {
     pub shutter_phase: f64,
     pub samples: u32,
     pub adaptive_limit: u32,
+    pub preserve_frame_rate: bool,
+    pub preserve_resolution: bool,
     pub advanced_3d: bool,
     pub tab: Tab,
     /// Timecode text being edited (start, duration).
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ impl Default for CompDraft {
             shutter_phase: -90.0,
             samples: 16,
             adaptive_limit: 128,
+            preserve_frame_rate: false,
+            preserve_resolution: false,
             advanced_3d: false,
             tab: Tab::Basic,
             start_tc: None,
@@ -304,6 +308,14 @@ pub fn show(ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &mut CompDraft, t: &Tokens, auto: &mut Registr
                     }
                 });
                 ui.end_row();
+                ui.label("");
+                let r = ui.checkbox(&mut d.preserve_frame_rate, "Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue");
+                auto.add("dialog.comp.preserveFrameRate", r.rect, "Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue");
+                ui.end_row();
+                ui.label("");
+                let r = ui.checkbox(&mut d.preserve_resolution, "Preserve resolution when nested");
+                auto.add("dialog.comp.preserveResolution", r.rect, "Preserve resolution when nested");
+                ui.end_row();
                 ui.label(egui::RichText::new("Motion Blur").strong());
                 ui.end_row();
                 ui.label("Shutter Angle:");
@@ -360,6 +372,7 @@ pub fn params(d: &CompDraft) -> serde_json::Value {
         "name": d.name, "width": d.width, "height": d.height, "pixelAspect": d.pixel_aspect, "frameRate": d.fps,
         "duration": d.duration, "startTime": d.start, "background": [d.bg[0], d.bg[1], d.bg[2]], "anchor": d.anchor,
         "shutterAngle": d.shutter_angle, "shutterPhase": d.shutter_phase, "motionBlurSamples": d.samples, "adaptiveSampleLimit": d.adaptive_limit,
+        "preserveFrameRate": d.preserve_frame_rate, "preserveResolution": d.preserve_resolution,
         "renderer": if d.advanced_3d { "advanced3D" } else { "classic3D" },
     })
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/dialogs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/dialogs.rs
index 3820adcc..d806827c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/dialogs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/dialogs.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ pub fn open_comp_settings(app: &mut EffectcraftApp) -> Result<(), String> {
         shutter_phase: c.shutter_phase,
         samples: c.motion_blur_samples,
         adaptive_limit: c.motion_blur_adaptive_limit,
+        preserve_frame_rate: c.preserve_frame_rate,
+        preserve_resolution: c.preserve_resolution,
         advanced_3d: c.renderer == effectcraft_engine::project::Renderer::Advanced3D,
         ..Default::default()
     };
@@ -604,7 +606,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         app.dialog_state.comp.tab = super::super::comp_settings::Tab::Advanced;
         frame(&mut app, &ctx);
-        for id in ["anchor.4", "shutterAngle", "shutterPhase", "samples", "adaptiveLimit"] {
+        for id in ["anchor.4", "preserveFrameRate", "preserveResolution", "shutterAngle", "shutterPhase", "samples", "adaptiveLimit"] {
             assert!(app.auto.find(&format!("dialog.comp.{id}")).is_some(), "dialog.comp.{id}");
         }
         app.dialog_state.comp.tab = super::super::comp_settings::Tab::Basic;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
index 7a0a126f..8e9197c0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/viewer.rs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, rect: Rect) {
                 && let Some(nc) = app.session.project.comp(*item)
             {
                 let (outer, _) = l2c(&ectx, l);
-                let nctx = EvalCtx::new(&app.session.project, *item, nc, ectx.source_time(l));
+                let nctx = EvalCtx::new(&app.session.project, *item, nc, ectx.nested_time(l));
                 for nl in nc.layers.iter().filter(|nl| nl.is_active_at(nctx.time) && !nl.is_3d()) {
                     if let Some((_, q, _)) = layer_quad(&nctx, nl) {
                         let sq: Vec<Pos2> = q
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 6343ea64..a03ff587 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -299,6 +299,19 @@ Continuously Rasterize: the source is rasterised at its on-screen scale. Quality
 nearest-neighbour, Wireframe draws the layer bounds. Slip edit (`layer.slip`, Alt+PageUp/Down,
 dragging the source bar in the timeline) moves the source under fixed in/out points.
 
+**Nested comps** show nothing before they start or after they end (`Comp::covers`), even when
+the precomp layer is trimmed or remapped past them. A comp with **Preserve frame rate when nested
+or in render queue** shows only its own frames when nested (`EvalCtx::nested_time` floors the
+precomp layer's source time to its frame rate) and renders at its own rate in the Render Queue;
+one with **Preserve resolution when nested** renders at full size inside a comp drawn at a lower
+resolution (the buffer's scale places it).
+
+**Motion blur** has one gate, `Renderer::mb_on`: the render options (Render Settings ▸ Motion
+Blur, previews), the comp's switch and the layer's switch, limited by the precomp layers above
+when switches affect nested comps. Layer motion, mask motion blur (the comp's Samples Per Frame,
+four in Draft), effects that read the shutter and Advanced 3D all follow it, and the layer cache
+key of a layer with masks or effects records it.
+
 **Motion tracking** (Animation ▸ Track Motion / Stabilize Motion, Window ▸ Tracker): a tracker
 is a `Tracker` group under the layer's Motion Trackers group, with Track Point groups (Feature
 Center, Feature Size, Search Offset, Search Size, Confidence, Attach Point, Attach Point Offset)
diff --git a/docs/parity.md b/docs/parity.md
index 8b131007..72879626 100644
--- a/docs/parity.md
+++ b/docs/parity.md
@@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ Browser in the web app (landed in M13.10: browser storage and File System Access
   wrong signatures and versions, fuel exhaustion, traps and bit-identical output; script
   `Socket` validates ports, and ScriptUI resource strings accept trailing array commas.
 
+## Update: M4.9–M4.11 nested comps and motion blur
+
+- **Composition Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Preserve frame rate when nested or in render queue** and
+  **Preserve resolution when nested** (model, renderer, Render Queue, dialog, `comp.settings`,
+  `comp.info`, `CompItem.preserveNestedFrameRate` / `preserveNestedResolution`; Pre-compose
+  copies them).
+- **Nested comps past their end** show nothing (flattened, through a proxy, or collapsed); they
+  kept drawing layers whose bars ran on.
+- **Motion blur gate**: mask motion blur, effects that read the shutter and Advanced 3D follow
+  the render options and the precomp layers' switches like layer motion does; mask motion blur
+  uses the comp's Samples Per Frame.
+
+Not yet: collapsed precomps don't blur with the precomp layer's own motion or the parent
+camera's; animated content inside a layer (shape paths, text animators, nested frames) isn't
+re-rendered per sub-sample; nested comp markers on the precomp layer bar.
+
 ## Update: M4.5–M4.8 cached playback
 
 - **RAM preview keys** carry the render options (Fast Previews Draft / Fast Draft, Realtime