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Copy with Property Links – “relative mode”?
Hello,
I’m a big fan of the “Copy with Property Links” feature of AE CC. I’d previously used a script (probably from aescripts.com – can’t remember what it was called though) to achieve this. But the script has the ability to create a “relative” (ie. using a lot of thisComp / thisLayer) or “absolute” expression.
Is there a way to make an expression resulting from “Copy with Property Links” relative (other than by editing it manually)? I’m suspecting not, and it might be time for a feature request or to dig out that script again.
– Paul
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4 Replies
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Same question here.
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Same question here too.
Could anyone from the AE team chime in and let us know they are working on this feature? It’s a major pain to have to search and replace throughout expressions just because the “copy with property links” feature forces absolute values and does not allow the user to switch to relative values. Perhaps holding option/alt while selecting from the menu would use relative values – similar to alt-dragging with the pickwhip?!instead of:
comp("compNameHere").layer("layerNameHere")please use:
thisComp.layer("layerNameHere") -
aescripts.com has a good alternative, a script called “Effect Instance”.
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Thanks, Misha. That only works for effects, I think. I am using the entire layer’s properties, which is how “copy with property links” works.
BUT.. thanks to YOU I searched for “effect instance” at Aescripts.com and found THIS gem instead!
https://aescripts.com/duplicate-with-connections/
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