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Move layers in time based on text file/spreadsheet
Heya,
I’m trying to sync a 1.5-hour audio track with a sequence of photos taken at the same time. I can extract the photo creation dates into a tabbed text file using ExifTool, as explained here: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/16660#16812
Is there an easy way to take this data (say, photo name and creation time) and use it to change the correspondingly named layers to the associated time? If I batch-modify the creation date to be just an offset (say, 10 mins rather than 13:10 ) it could be used to offset the layers from the comp zero time.
Or maybe there’s a totally different way to approach this..? All suggestions much appreciated.
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>Is there an easy way to take this data…
I don’t know about “easy” (especially if you haven’t done any scripting), but it should be a pretty straight-forward script.
In general, you would find the template comp, read each line from the text file, find the appropriate layer, and change its startTime attribute. The details would depend on your project structure and file format.
Dan
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Hi Dan,
Thanks. I’m not a scripter at all, so I might have to finally learn!
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This would be a good project to learn with. Come back if you get stuck.
Dan
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