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How to create Text markers using script?
Hi ! I was wondering if there’s a way using script to add Markers in the text layers? I have the time codes where I wanted the words to appear but its more efficient if I can use a script to input all the Markers in the Text layers. Thanks!
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12 Replies
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You can use a script to add markers to any layer, but I’m not sure how that helps you exactly. Were you going to link marker comments to the source text via an expression, or are you actually thinking of source text keyframes, or ???
Dan
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Hello again! Im sorry if I didn’t explain it in the beginning on how it will help me. I’m actually using the subtitle script online, that loads the subtitles from a text file and creates the Text Keyframes from the created Markers on the Text layer. I’ve added the markers manually by inputting the timecodes on the timeline. So I was wondering how to possibly create the Markers on the Text layers without doing it manually. I have the all time codes were the subtitles should appear. Thank you!
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I’m still not completely sure what you’re trying to do, but this little script example will create a marker on the selected layer at 2 seconds with the comment “test comment”:
{
var myLayer = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];
var myMarkerVal = new MarkerValue(“test comment”);
myLayer.property(“Marker”).setValueAtTime(2, myMarkerVal);
}I hope that helps.
Dan
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Hi Dan, thanks for this. This is helpful too, but what I really wanted to do is if say for example, I have these time codes (0;01;00;08, 0;01;03;03, 0;01;03;04, 0;01;05;09, 0;01;05;10) were I need to put the Marker on my Text Layer how do you do that in script? I really dont need the Marker Value at the moment, just placing the Markers into the Text layer.
Like this:
THanks Dan!
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Maybe like this then:
{
var timeCodes = "0;01;00;08, 0;01;03;03, 0;01;03;04, 0;01;05;09, 0;01;05;10";
var splitTC = timeCodes.split(",");
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
for(var i = 0; i < splitTC.length; i++){
t = currentFormatToTime(splitTC[i],myComp.frameRate);
myLayer.property("Marker").addKey(t)
}
}
Dan
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You are amazing Dan! Thanks a lot!
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Hi, were do you enter this script?
{
var timeCodes = “0;01;00;08, 0;01;03;03, 0;01;03;04, 0;01;05;09, 0;01;05;10”;
var splitTC = timeCodes.split(“,”);
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
for(var i = 0; i < splitTC.length; i++){
t = currentFormatToTime(splitTC[i],myComp.frameRate);
myLayer.property(“Marker”).addKey(t)
}
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You would first save that as a .jsx file and then run it from the File menu: File>Scripts>Run Script File…
Dan
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unable to run script line 1. syntax error:
var timeCodes = “0;01;00;08, 0;01;03;03, 0;01;03;04, 0;01;05;09, 0;01;05;10”;
var splitTC = timeCodes.split(“,”);
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
for(var i = 0; i < splitTC.length; i++)
t = currentFormatToTime(splitTC[i],myComp.frameRate);
myLayer.property(“Marker”).addKey(t) -
Hi there, I am trying to create a number of intervals in a set time intervals, let’s say 1 marker every 10 frames…. Is there any way to include that in the script?
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