create notes in after effects?

[Mike Sevigny]

Hey Steve,

You can set markers on your timeline and add notes within them. Simply go to where you want the marker in your timeline, select a clip if you want it on the clip, then go to Layer>Add Marker. Now if you double click on those it will allow you to write notes. The first line in the note will appear as the name of the marker on the timeline. You can right click or drag these to manage them at any time.

I wouldn’t mind having a window with the nearest marker’s notes written in it. Anyone know of such a thing in After Effects?

Mike Sevigny

[Steve Davis]

yeah, i use markers for the odd not too, but often i need to animate a lot of text, and it would be really handy to be able to extend a window out to view a lot of text that i can access easily.

ive had a look on aescripts but couldnt see anything. seems like it would be an easy script!

motion designer / design director

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

What issue(s) do you face should you do your text/wordings in a proper text editor that only requires an OS keyboard shortcut while you’re in AE?

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[Steve Davis]

speed. being able to quickly glance to my right to double check wording etc.. for me, would be a bonus.

motion designer / design director

[Anders Hattne]

There is also a comment column where you can write comments. (Right click in the layer panel, top pof the columns and choose to make it vissible..) Although, layer markers might be a better idea.

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[Walter Soyka]

There are a few good tips in this thread:

Embedding notes, documentation, etc within AE Project [link]

You also might like ToDo Lite:
https://aescripts.com/todo-lite/

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[Walter Soyka]

[Mike Sevigny] “Simply go to where you want the marker in your timeline, select a clip if you want it on the clip, then go to Layer>Add Marker. Now if you double click on those it will allow you to write notes.”

Keyboard shortcut for all this (set marker at current time and open marker dialog box): Alt+NumPad* on PC, Opt+NumPad* on a Mac, or Ctrl+Opt+8 on a Mac without a full keyboard.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Emmanuel Albano]

Hehehehe ????
Thanks Mike, I’d love that window too.

[Julian Petschek]

https://www.techjunkie.com/float-notes-always-on-top/#:~:text=The%20note%20will%20act%20just,Top%20from%20the%20menu%20bar.