[Jan Vork]

Actually Quicktime Animation files can become very small, when used for the right purpose.
Since the format makes use of both run length encoding in frames (blocks of pixels of the same color) and in time (only the changing pixels are recorded in the file). It should not be used for video footage.

The interframe compression is done by specifying a ‘keyframe distance’ – this takes a full frame in every x frames, and start recording the changes from that frame.
In video footage, normally all frames are different and contain noise/grain, which makes the compression worthless, and will produce bigger files than necessary.

Adobe dropped the possibility for specifying keyframes earlier.

For me, it feels like a good old Apple vs Adobe feud. Apple drops Flash, Adobe drops Quicktime.
Both were nice formats. For Quicktime Animation/Lossless is no good alternative.

It’s quite harsh to have an archive of Quicktime Animation encoded files, which can no longer be imported in After Effects…

[Jan Vork]

Thanks to you and Dan, I found that this works as well:

myComp.layer(1).transform.position.setValue([5,2]);

Looks a bit less complicated to me.

Best,
Jan

myComp.layer(1).transform.position.setValue([5,2]);


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[Jan Vork]

Hi Chris, I use a work-around for this:

In Photoshop, open the file, go to image size, turn on resampling, and choose for ‘Nearest Neighbor’ as interpolation method.

Then, multiply the current resolution with 2, 4, 8 or whatever number. So, a 72dpi file may become e.g. 144 or 288 dpi, whatever suits your needs. Save the file, and use it.

In this way, the file does look exactly the same, but it has more pixels, and the anti-alias algorithm will do less ‘harm’ to your edginess.

Best,
Jan (https://www.jaydude.nl)

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[Jan Vork]

Still not working for me – CC2017 14.2.1.34 / Yosemite

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[Jan Vork]

Try this:

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x=thisComp.layer(“nameofthelayer”).sourceRectAtTime().width;

x=thisComp.layer("nameofthelayer").sourceRectAtTime().width;

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[Jan Vork]

Really? Can you please tell how to save presets! Would be a great help.

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[Jan Vork]

It’s rather unusable than unreliable.
That’s because it does look at the size of a layer and stretches that to the comp, which I never need.
(Same problem with the built-in Particle effect – unusable because of an exotic positioning system.)

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[Jan Vork]

Thanks – that’s the place I dump my requests all the time. Besides that unidirectional channel, I like to share my thoughts with the community, just to prioritize things 🙂

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[Jan Vork]

Hi Todd, I think it’s still not there in AE 13.8.1.38.
Today I was writen a feature request, and checked the web if I wasn’t wrong in understanding the feature.
And guess what: I came across my own comment, hahaha!

So now, here is the request:
https://jaydude-featurerequests.blogspot.nl/2016/10/after-effects-set-matte_18.html

Set Matte is a very powerfull effect: it allows to use the Alpha (or other channel) of a second layer somewhere in the Comp for a matte.
No need for the matte layer to be above the matted layer!

BUT
Set Matte is not looking at the layer at full Comp size, but to the bounding box of the layer content. Which makes it less valuable in many cases.

My request:
Add a switch called ‘Use full Comp size as layer size’, which does just what it says, without the need for precomping.

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[Jan Vork]

Thanks!

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