work area out point

[Dan Ebberts]

Do you mean the end of the work area (the one you set with the “N” key)? Expressions don’t have access to that. You could set a comp marker there and access that, I guess.

Dan

[Quico Encinias]

Thanks for the response. Seems like a glaring omission and should be an accessable comp parameter. Im setting up a template to render out a variable length transition. I hope it gets added in cs5.5 I guess ill use a comp marker, it just adds more work on the end user.

[Jamie Bradshaw]

Just in case you weren’t aware and they of any help, you can also use these.

thisLayer.outPoint;

or

thisComp.duration;

JimJam•Graphics
https://www.jimjamgraphics.com/

[Paul Hasas]

8 years later … is it still the case that expressions don’t have access to the work area in / out points?

[Dan Ebberts]

As far as I know…

Dan

[Roger Betin]

Under AE Extendscript try to use workAreaDuration and workAreaStart

var myComp=app.project.activeItem;

var workAreaInPoint = myComp.workAreaStart;
var workAreaOutPoint = workAreaInPoint + myComp.workAreaDuration;