copy markers from layer markers to comp markers

[Simone Maldini]

Hi Dan, i am new in expression and it is the first time that i write and apply a script. i found your script for move markersLayer to markersComp. I need to change the target: create a compMarker for each inPoint layer selected that i have in the comp. I tryed to change your script but the new one works only for the first selected layer.

Can i ask you to help me understanding where is the error and how can i fix it?Thank you very much.

var theComp = app.project.activeItem;

var theLayer = theComp.selectedLayers[0];

var theTimes = [];

for (var i = 1; i <= theComp.numLayers; i++){

theTimes.push(theLayer.inPoint);

}

for (var i = 1; i <= theComp.numLayers; i++){

theComp.layer(i).selected = false;

}

for (var i = 0; i < theTimes.length; i++){

theComp.time = theTimes[i];

app.executeCommand(app.findMenuCommandId(“Add Marker”));

}

[Dan Ebberts]

It’s easier to do now that scripting has access to comp markers. Something like this should work:

var theComp = app.project.activeItem;
var theLayers = theComp.selectedLayers;
var theMarker = new MarkerValue("");
for (var i = 0; i < theLayers.length; i++){
	theMarker.comment = theLayers[i].name;
	theComp.markerProperty.setValueAtTime(theLayers[i].inPoint,theMarker);
}

[Shashank Raghu]

Hi Dan, is there a way to copy markers from one layer and move them to another layer?

[Andrei Popa]

Here is a script made by Jeff Almasol, that could be downloaded from his website, redefinery.com, when it was not offline.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2adn48jkkpaqyus/rd_CopyMarkers.jsx?dl=0