[Kristel Ottis]

Ha. Nice. Thought I had tried all the variations, but it worked with Cmd.

Maybe I can live with X after all!

[Kristel Ottis]

Hmm. When I use shift plus and shift minus in thumbnail view in the Event Browser, I get an error beep and the time code window looks like this:

[Kristel Ottis]

You are an absolute lifesaver. I can’t believe it was that simple.

Why on earth would adding a marker also add a range? Very strange.

[Kristel Ottis]

Alternatively, do you have any recommendations for switchers that do support 23.98PsF?

Only need 2 x SDI in and one out.

[Kristel Ottis]

Thanks for this. The only problem is that my motion paths for different idea bubbles (with tracers) are all different and I want to be able to control them separately in the final comp.

[Kristel Ottis]

This is probably going to sound very confusing, but I will try to do my best to explain what I am trying to do.

Basically, I am trying to automate the appearance of a bunch of thought bubbles.

I have a simple composition in which the bubble is growing in size (from 0 to 100) and I want to be able to simply duplicate that composition in another composition without having to shift them in time or set any key frames. Each bubble travels along the same path so I’m using

sldval = thisComp.layer(“Controller”).effect(“Time Offset”)(“Slider”)/100;
thisComp.layer(index-1).transform.position.valueAtTime(time-sldval-d);

to offset their positions in time. However, I would also like for them to be time remapped, so that when bubble 1 gets from point a to point b (while growing from 0 to 100 size) then bubble 2 could depart from point a (starting at a size value of zero – right now it’s pulling frames form the same part of the subcomp as bubble 1 so it starts from point a at 100% in size.)

Ideally I would like to also be able to vary the opacity so that, say, bubble 1 can go from 0 to 100 opacity in the first 15 frames (comp is 30fps), stay at 100% for 1-2 seconds and go back from 100 to 0 in the 15 frames after.

[Kristel Ottis]

Thanks for the quick reply – that is massively helpful!

Now if only I could teach AE to update the comp size based on scanning the sheet to figure out how many frames are in a row… (will always vary, depending on the size of the content in an individual frame)

That, and finalize the viz and export for the client and set a timer for my coffee machine in the morning so I can just go to bed:D

[Kristel Ottis]

I might be missing something, but the Batch List function seems to be only useful for reporting the data in the browser columns and the browser doesn’t display any information about what goes on inside a particular sequence.

The Sequence Clip Reporter does exactly what I want it to do, but there’s no way I can get my employer to buy the app. It’s also probably a little overkill for just tracking in and out points in a sequence. I was hoping that there’d be a no-frills experimental app floating around for it since there are so many out there. (like the infinitely useful XML-based FCPtoAE, for example.)

Any other suggestions?

[Kristel Ottis]

Very neat tool – thanks for the tip.

I have a feeling that I may be trying to do exactly what is currently impossible with Ease and Wizz – its “Elastic” effect in conjunction with Curvaceous:

“Note that when you turn on the Curvaceous checkbox, the easing types “Elastic” and “Back” are removed. This is because the expression is unable to extrapolate beyond the end of a curved path (if some mathematical genius wants to figure out how, lemme know).”

[Kristel Ottis]

That’s very close to what I was looking for, but I don’t think it works in my case as I also have a third Z position keyframe (0) that the object is landing on after going from 40000 to -75.

if I use the script from AEenhancers, the speed from second to third keyframe will be exponentially modified as well, but that’s not needed.