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Set Comp Start Time to Layer Start Time
For the life of me I cannot get my script to read/assign start times to an item – keeps returning “Undefined”. I’d like to read the start time from video item, and then set a comp’s start time to that same video item’s start time.
I’d like to do something like this (keep in mind it’s pseudocode):
Assuming first item in project is a video item and second item in project is a comp item.
var myComp = app.project.item(1);
var myVideo = app.project.item(2);
var timeToSet = myVideo.startTime;
myComp.startTime.setValue(timeToSet);Anyone out there have any clue on how to make this happen, or any thoughts that can push me forward? Thanks!
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2 Replies
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Items don’t have a startTime–only layers have that attribute. Comps have a displayStartTime, but I don’t know if that gets you where you want to be. It seems like you would need access to what shows up in the Media Start column in the project panel, but as far as I know, scripting doesn’t have access to that.
Dan
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in this example you can see the
var compone = curComp.layer(1);
var comptwo = curComp.layer(2);
comptwo.startTime = compone.outPoint;layer’s has startTime and outPoint. outPoint is endtime of layer.
You make your first item(myComp)’s start time as timeToSet on your code.You should use startTime = 10; instead of startTime.setValue() function.
You can find detailed informations about layers on ADOBE® AFTER EFFECTS® CS6 SCRIPTING GUIDEpdf page 86.
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