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ANIMATION PRESET: Identifying or copying from other Projects?
This is so stupid I feel, well, stupid.
I applied an animation preset that I thought was particularly nice. However I can’t remember the name of the preset and when I look at the old project that contains the text with the preset, there seems to be no way of identifying which preset has been applied to a specific text layer.
Is there a way to somehow figure this out? I don’t suppose I can import a text layer from one project to another project can I? For example, in FCP I can open as many projects as I like and share sequences or clips at will. Is there no way to do this in AE? Very frustrating.
And while we’re at it, if I apply a shatter effect to a video layer and I want the layer to shatter at the end, how do I get the effect to move off the head of the clip and move futher down the timeline? This is probably so obvious. I was going through the AE Total Training and this does not seem to be mentioned. It’s so basic yet soooooooo frustrating.
Thanks in advance.
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4 Replies
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You can import a previous AE PROJECT into your current project…then you can copy the text layer and paste it into a new Comp….
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Currently, the only way to share between projects is to import one project into another.
1. Save the project. Consider saving a backup too.
2. Save As under a new name. (“text_preset.aep”?)
3. Delete everything except the text layer. Save.
4. Open the original project, then import the “text_preset.aep” project.
5. Copy/paste the text layer into the appropriate comp.Hope that helps,
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That you very much. That did the job. I’d still like to know what preset I used. Seems odd to have to import an old preject every time I would like to use this effect. I suppose I should have written it down.
Thanks again.
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Couldn’t you just use the text layer to create a new preset?
re: Shatter – keep the Force 1 Radius keyframed to zero until the frame where you want the shatter to begin.
Dan
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