Work-In-Progress version burn-in?

[Chris Wright]

This source text layer has to be right above the footage for it to work. At the splice point of a new layer, it will update the name automatically.

Also, set file project settings to frames. You can also get the date of the file if the clip was captured with the date in the filename or use a simple parsing expression after using batch renamer software. Premiere’s plugin might be an option too.
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Then, it’s just a matter of adding another +. Good luck to you.

txt = “”;
for (j = 1; j <= thisComp.numLayers; j++){ if (j == index) continue; L = thisComp.layer(j); if (! (L.hasVideo && L.active)) continue; if (time >= L.inPoint && time < L.outPoint){ try{ txt = L.source.name; }catch(err1){ txt = L.name } break; } } txt + " " + timeToCurrentFormat(time) https://technicolorsoftware.hostzi.com/

[Guy Thompson]

Wow, thats fantastic and quite terrifying at the same time – I’m guessing this is Java? Anyway, I inserted this into the Source Text attribute field. (After alt-clicking the stopwatch) and it works great, as long as there is only 1 text layer, and only 1 layer below, with no over lapping layers. (splice points only, as you mentioned) Left justifying the text object stops if from changing position on the x axis as the text width changes on each frame.

I couldn’t quite work out the syntax for getting the sequence frame number first, then the file name, then the clip timecode(source frame number only), if thats even possible?

Is there a line of code to use the current system time, it doesn’t have to be the creation time/date of the source, just the date when this output movie is being generated. (Or even just a “Insert Text Here” entry in the code.)

Fantastic tip, thanks a bunch.

Guy Thompson
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[Chris Wright]

I don’t believe you can ask AE the system time, file creation date, or sequence info(unless you use a new comp name + thisComp.name as a custom sequence). It’s extremely limited, hence the long code just to simply get a filename and frames. You can try asking in the expression forum though.

The free way is to use batch renaming software; shouldn’t take too long, a few seconds, then your date and time will only be off by a few seconds in the new video filename. That’s not bad right?

You should really be using metadata from professional applications for logging and organizing. AE is a composite application.

Anyway…just add another + “Insert Text Here” to the last line to manually add text.
so, frame first, then sequence comp name, then layer name, then custom text would look like this.

timeToCurrentFormat(time) + ” ” + thisComp.name + ” ” + txt + ” ” + “Insert Text Here”

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[Chris Wright]

preferences-general, allow scripts to write files, then use this custom script I wrote. It will take the dimensions of the selected comps and add a new text layer with full date in the lower right automatically.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=VI9NHW0T

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[Riku Naskali]

Hi,

I would need exactly this script (the expression). However when I try to use it, I get an error message: “After Effects error: Layer has no source.”

What could I be doing wrong? I have a footage layer under the text layer in which I’m applying this expression.

What I need to do, is get layer names into this burned in text layer.