Auto align layers

[Dan Ebberts]

You’d have to do that with a script that you run after your spreadsheet script is done. As far as scripts go, it would be a pretty simple one, but the details would depend on the layout of your comp and the names (or indices) of the relevant layers.

Dan

[Jacob Thorup]

Thanks for your reply. I decided to buckle down and try to learn how to create my own script and it worked!!!

I’ve always avoided really learning to make a custom script, but this is really going to open up what I can do!

Just for kicks, here is the script I wrote.

This is going to save me 16+ hours, per market, of editing on a 180 episode series, where we have to change out sponsorship for different markets

Thanks for the nudge.

Jake

//Comp Layers
var theComp = app.project.activeItem;
var logo = theComp.layer(1)
var word = theComp.layer(2);
var logoAnimate = theComp.layer(3);
var head = theComp.layer(4);
var endCard = theComp.layer(5);
var body = theComp.layer(6);
var bg = theComp.layer(7);

//Script Functions
function logoAlign(){
(logoAnimate.startTime = head.outPoint - 1); //align the animation
}

function bodyAlign(){
(body.startTime = logoAnimate.outPoint - 1); //align the body
}

function endCardAlign(){
(endCard.startTime = body.outPoint - 1); //align the end card
}
function fades(){

//Logo Animation fade up and down
(logoAnimate.opacity.setValueAtTime (logoAnimate.outPoint - 1,100));
(logoAnimate.opacity.setValueAtTime (logoAnimate.outPoint ,0));
(logoAnimate.opacity.setValueAtTime (logoAnimate.startTime + 1,100));
(logoAnimate.opacity.setValueAtTime (logoAnimate.startTime ,0));

//End Card fade up.
(endCard.opacity.setValueAtTime (endCard.startTime + 1,100));
(endCard.opacity.setValueAtTime (endCard.startTime ,0));

//Logo fade Up and Down.
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.outPoint - 1,100));
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.outPoint ,0));
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.startTime + 1,100));
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.startTime ,0));
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.outPoint - 1,100));
(logo.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.outPoint ,0));

//Word fade Up and Down.
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.startTime + 3,0));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.startTime + 3.5 ,100));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.outPoint - 1,100));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (head.outPoint ,0));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.startTime + 1,100));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.startTime ,0));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.outPoint - 1,100));
(word.opacity.setValueAtTime (body.outPoint ,0));
}

//Script Execution
head.startTime = 0

bg.startTime = 0

word.startTime = 0

logoAlign ()

bodyAlign ()

endCardAlign ()

fades ()

theComp.duration = body.outPoint + 15