[Chris Voelz]

Are you talking about the script “Connect Layers Pro” on aescripts.com?

[Chris Voelz]

You can do this with shortcuts, will that be enough?

You can use “[” and “]” to move a layer based on it’s in-point or out-point. When pressing these keys it will move the layer/pre-comp to the current time.

You can use “Alt + [” or “Alt + ]” to trim the layer/comp to where ever the time indicator is.

So if you want your layers in-point to start at 10seconds you can go to that time click “Alt + [“. Then click the “Home” button on your keyboard which will move the time indicator to the beginning of the comp. Use “[” to now move the layers in-point to the beginning of the comp.

[Chris Voelz]

Try ticking the QuickTime scene preferred setting in the color profile options in the comp. Something like that. Red is always a hard color to export as well, at least in my experience.

[Chris Voelz]

It looks like it’s more of a resolution issue than anything. Are you keeping a consistent resolution from AE through premiere to export settings?

What are your settings at each step?

[Chris Voelz]

This is a common issue when going from AI to AE. I’d assume that the white lines are where the swatch edges are. Your best bet is to extend the pattern to the width you’re looking for. You will also see this if you have two shapes stacked in AI that are identical sizes. When bringing that into AE the bottom color will bleed through on the edges. I usually chalk this up to going from vector to pixel format. Patterns can also be made easily in AE using the repeater feature in a shape layer.

[Chris Voelz]

There is a script in AE called “Create Nulls From Paths”. It should be under “Window”. Click on your path and then select Points Follow Nulls and it will create Nulls wherever you have anchor points on your path. Then you can either parent the circle to the null or vise versa. I believe there is another free script out there that enhances this one so you can also animate the handles of an anchor point. It is called “Create Nulls From Paths with Tangents”.

[Chris Voelz]

https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/closing-a-precomp-through-script/

Closing a Precomp through script

[Chris Voelz]

It looks like you are trying to save over the Default workspace. Usually when I have issues with workspaces saving as a new one typically fixes it.

“Save as New Workspace…” instead of “Save Changes to this Workspace”

[Chris Voelz]

ctrl + shift + h

[Chris Voelz]

Did your friend render with a straight matte? Sounds like pre-multiplied matte was used which would cause what you describe.