Archive for September, 2008

Zorro-The Layer Tagger

posted on September 12th, 2008 by lloyd in Scripts    23 Comments »

Zorro makes selection and isolation sets easy and possible in after effects by adding  tags to layers.  Similar to the way you would tag photos in Flickr, you can tag layers in your comps and then select or isolate those layers in groups by using the tags.

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Load Project or Template at Startup

posted on September 8th, 2008 by lloyd in Scripts    3 Comments »

Based on a request over at the creative cow, this script will launch a project or template every time your start After Effects.  For example, if you have a certain folder/file structure you like to keep for your AE projects, you can setup a virgin project the way you like it and save it as a template by giving it a .aet extension.  Now every time you launch AE your custom setup will be automatically loaded.

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Render Frame at Markers

posted on September 8th, 2008 by lloyd in Scripts    6 Comments »

photo ® mosesxan via Flickr

Based on a request on the AE-List, this script will render (actually send to the render queue) any frames that are marked by layer markers.  This would be equivalent to going to a point in time in your comp and selecting “Save Frame As->File”.

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Video Preview Throttle

posted on September 4th, 2008 by lloyd in Scripts    4 Comments »

We are expanding the Throttle family based on a user request to have quick access to the video preview preferences.  You will need to select an Output Device and Output Mode first in  Preferences->Video Preview.  Once you’ve done that you will be able to control the rest of the settings from the script.

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