Known issue:

• Using the ‘Leave all attributes’ option on a single selected negatively stretched layer doesn’t trim the layer correctly.

Originally requested by Gary Jaeger.

Version History

Features

• Add simple corner pins
• Convert any corner pin effect to any corner pin effect
• Create simple mattes from corner pins
• Round the edges of corner pins
• Round the edges and corners of corner pin mattes
• Rotate corner values

Plugin Options

• Corner Pin
• RG Corner Pin
• CC Power Pin
• BCC Corner Pin
• GenArts S_WarpCornerPin
• Bezier Warp
• Card Dance
• Card Wipe
• RE:Map Planar
• 4-Color Gradient
• FxFactory Pro Free Distort

Demo

• CornerPinner Masking

   

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• CornerPinner Matte

   

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• CornerPinner Plugin Options

   

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• CornerPinner Plugins

   

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• CornerPinner Rotation

   

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• CornerPinner UI

   

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Version history

• 1.0 – Initial release – May 2012

• send clips and masks from After Effects to Mocha
• corner pin, move layers, stabilized precomps, advanced stabilizations and more

Demo

Features

Track in Mocha button:
send clips including masks, in- and outpoints from After Effects to Mocha – with just one click. (learn more)

Easy Import:
With the status panel, you always know what kind of tracking data you need to export for your task at hand. (learn more)

Apply your Tracking Data: MochaImport+ supports a variety of tasks from corner pin and movement of layers to stabilizing shaky footage. Even complex rigs for stabilized precomps and image stabilization can be created with just one click.

(learn more about the individual functions: corner pin, move, stabilize, stabilized precomp, create AE trackpoints)

Download the press release for more details

MochaImport+ vs. CS6 built in tools

Compatibility

Related tutorials

• tutorial: Graffiti becomes Alive
• tutorial: Getting Started with MochaImport+

Tutorials on older versions of MochaImport:
(The interface changed, but they might still be helpful to get the ideas)

• tutorial: Monster Face
• tutorial: WikiLeak Removal
• tutorial: Stabilize Motion Without the Need to Zoom
• tutorial: Cyborg Arm
• tutorial: Advanced Compositing
• tutorial: Mocha Corner Pin – Part 1
• tutorial: Mocha Corner Pin – Part 2
• tutorial: An Introduction to MochaImport
• tutorial: Building an Airport Scene – Part 2: (on Red Giant TV)
• tutorial: MochaImport advanced Features
• tutorial: Wound Compositing (on Aetuts+)

Other voices

Thank you for all that you do for the AE community.

Colin Rider, after mentioning MochaImport in his showreel.

You’re doing some great work here. The community owes you a debt.

Tim Stotz on AExtensions.blogspot.com

This is an awesome script! Now rotoscoping will be fun!

Diego Gagliardi on Vimeo

The user interface

Version History

• 4.13 – support of MFX files (Panasonic based P2 media) – May 2012
• 4.12 – Support for MochaAE CS6 and Mocha Pro v3, better image creation – Apr 2012
• 4.1 – Change to MochaImport+.  Complete re-design, added ‘Send To Mocha’ – Mar 2012
• 3.03 – Improved import of corner pin data for interleaced footage – Feb 2011

The script has 2 operating modes:

1. An old school method which opens each project, checks all the footage items paths then replaces the path to the new path, imports the footage item from the new location and saves out a new project. This method works with CS3 & CS4.
2. The faster and preferred method takes advantage of the new XML file format introduced in CS4. It opens each project, saves it out as an XML project (if original project is already in .aepx format then this step is skipped) and then does a search and replace on the XML file. This process is much faster since it doesn’t have to import all the footage items and it will preserve all the interpretation settings for every footage item.

USAGE:

• It is recommended that you run the script in test mode first to see how After Effects sees the footage paths. Once you have that info you can accurately enter the search and replace strings. Note that on Mac XML projects path are separated by a colon : )
• The project name match field allows you to enter a match string so the script will only work on projects whose name matches the string (you can use Regex if you turn on the option below).
• If you use a project name match string you can enter a replace string for the new project name or just add a suffix or a prefix to be appended to the new project name.
• Recurse subfolders will process and subfolders.
• Use Regex will cause the script to use Regular Expressions syntax in the search string. If you don’t know what Regular Expressions are then it’s probably best that you don’t use this option.
• Generate log will create a text file with all the results and errors encountered by the script.
• If you are running in test mode you will be able to preview the search and replace results before actually doing it. The script will save a text file with the results of the search and replace operation.

Version History

• 1.7 Added UTF-8 support for foreign languages – 05/2012
• 1.6 fixed project name match bug – 04/2011
• 1.51 fixed path separator on mac CS5 – 06/2010
• 1.5 – 05/2010
  • Added option to have more than 1 search replace pair
  • Added search replace option to project name
  • Blessed for CS5
  • Small bug fixes
• 1.03 Fixed Log location help tip – 01/2010
• 1.02 Fixed “Suppress dialogs” bug – 01/2010
• 1.01 Fixed “undefined” error when write to network preference was not set – 11/2009
• 1.0 Initial Release – 11/2009

The script will loop any amount of selected layers from the furthest in-point and the last out-point by pre-composing and doing a dissolving loop. It will then apply an expression to the looped comp so that it can be stretched infinitely from either the in or the out-point.

There is an option to use the Blend effect instead of using opacity to make the dissolve an optical dissolve.

HOW TO USE:

• Select the layers you want to loop.
• Trim the in-point and out-point of the layers to where you would like the loop to be.
• Run the script from the Window menu
• Choose the dissolve length in frames
• **Please note that you should use the Blend Effect option when looping items that are transparent

The script is now localized in the following languages, (if you would like to contribute a translation please get in touch):

• es: Español
• ja: Japanese (Thanks Tatsuro Ogata)
• ko: Korean
• de: Deutsch (Thanks Mathias Möhl)
• fr: Français (Thanks Sébastien Périer)
• it: Italiano (Thanks Eyedea)

Version History:

• 1.62 Added Italian localization + minor bug fixes – May 2012
• 1.6 Added “cycle” and “Ping-Pong” loop types – Oct 2011
• 1.54 Fixed small parsing error – Jan 2011
• 1.53 Fixed french localization bug – Oct 2010
• 1.52 Fixed loop pre-comp name length bug in CS3 – May 2010
• 1.51 Fixed language support for CS3 – May 2010
• 1.5 – May 2010
  • Added dockable UI
  • Made it work with non-english AE
  • Blessed for CS5
  • Several small bug fixes
• 1.1 Now works properly with transparent items using the blend effect – Mar 2010
• 1.0 Initial Release – Feb 2010

Demo

Full Tutorial

AEMap Utilities Tutorial

 


• AEMap-Example-1

   

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• AEMap-Example-2

   

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• AEMap-Example-3

   

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• AEMap-Example-4

   

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• AEMap-Example-5

   

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• AEMap-Example-6

   

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• 0.2 – May 2012
  • added divided UI for comps, colors and all settings
  • added new countries.geo.json with French Guiana
  • added CS4 support for AEMap.jsx
  • added CS4 support for AEMap Utilities.jsx
  • added Zorro 2 Text on Tinytools AEMap Utilities.jsx
  • added emptyButton on Tinytools AEMap Utilities.jsx
  • added Custom Colors
  • added better json file reading for AEMap.jsx. supports pretty print
• 0.1.1b – Initial release – Apr 2012

New: Now you can export the markers to a text file formatted any way you choose.

New Export to File Demo

Demo

The script has some special commands that can be inserted into any text field:

[savecomment] – will insert any text that was already existing in that text field
[layername] – will insert the layer name
[layerindex] – will insert the layer index
[compname] – will insert the comp name
[projectname] – will insert the project name
[markernumber] – will insert the marker number
[time] – will insert the time in the current format of the comp (ie. if the comp is displaying frames it will insert frames, if it’s displaying timecode it will insert timecode)
[date:E MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm a] – will insert the current date and time, this field uses the JavascriptToolbox.com date function which can be further customized. Please refer to their documentation for further reference: Date Formatting

Version History

• 1.1 Added export to file option – Apr 2010
• 1.01 Fixed Untitled Project bug – May 2010
• 1.0 – Initial release – April 2010

Demo

To change the time spans of your render queue items, start the script and select the Span style you want to make:

Work Area: Changes each item to its individual work area.
Entire Composition: Changes each item to its individual length.
Custom: Changes each item to the values entered in the dialog.

If Custom is chosen, the start and end frames will be editable. The format of these fields will match your ‘Time Display Style’ preference of the project.

The last step is to choose wether you want to affect ALL items in the render queue that can be rendered OR items that have the ‘Render’ checkbox (or queued) selected. Once you click change time span, it will cycle through the items in the render queue and make the time format changes.

Note: If you are working with items with different frame rates in the project and your ‘Time Display Style’ is set to timecode, the conversion will make an attempt of matching the time. For instance, if you enter a value of 02:45, but the frame rate in an item is 30fps, the conversion process will change it to 03:15 as 02:45 would be an invalid time code for a 30fps project. This is not an issue when working with a time display style of “frames” or “feet and frames”.

Version history

• 1.0 – Initial release – Apr 2012

Related tutorials

The CopyMask2Layer Tool

Notes

CopyMask2Layer does work with manual bezier masks but not with rotobezier masks.

Other voices

Brilliant script! Love it.

Eran Stern, sternfx.com

It is always frustrating when I paste a mask and it has scaled or done some other unanticipated change. I’ll look forward to seeing how it will impact my workflow.

Jeff Petersen during his beta tests.

I love this script. At first I didn’t think it was going to be all that useful but once I used it for awhile I have to say it’s one I don’t know how I lived without this tool up to now.

Jack Tunnicliffe, Java Post Production

The user interface

Version history

• 1.2 – CS6 per point mask feather compatibility (+more compact logo image) – Apr 2012
• 1.1 – fixed some licensing issues
• 1.0 – initial release

Demo

 


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Compatibility

Supported After Effects versions: CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5
 
Version History

• 1.0 – Initial release – Apr 2012

Has the option to be run with or without an interface so that it can be used with ft-Toolbar.
To run with GUI install in ScriptUI Panels folder, to run GUI-less install in Scripts folder.

Demo

Version history

• 1.1 – Apr 2012
  • Fixed non-zero timeline start bug.
  • Added intelligent UI detection.
    To run with GUI install in ScriptUI Panels folder, to run GUI-less install in scripts folder.
• 1.0 – Initial release – Mar 2012

 
Think of it as a simple version of Zorro that does not need layers to be tagged.
 

 

Select the composition you want to export as new (reduced) projects and clic on the export button.

Since version 1.5 you can choose the directory where you want to export your compositions. Just press the change button in the ‘Destination’ panel.

You can also automatically create subfolders in your destination folder with two checkboxes. ‘From Project’ creates a subfolder named after your original project name, and ‘From Comp’ creates a subfolder named after the composition names. If both options are checked, you’ll have the composition named subfolders inside the project named subfolder (as expected).

If you need versioning support, you can enable it in the ‘versioning’ panel. By default ‘Auto’ is enabled, and keeping this option will add an incrementing number at the end of the exported project if a file is already found. You can also specify a number manually by unchecking ‘Auto’.

Script available in English, and partially in French, Spanish, Italian and German

Version History

• 1.5.2 (Mar 2012): Fixed unsaved project bug.
• 1.5.1 (Dec 2010): Added versioning and destination folder options.
• 1.0.3 (Sep 2010): hotfix of a bug that prevented the script from running.
• v1.0.2 (Sep 2010): fixed a bug, and added spanish / italian and german localisation thanks to Knut, @promineostudios and @mapofemergence
• v1.0 Initial release (Sep 2010)

Full Demo/Tutorial

Direct link to each tool tutorial available below

16 Tools included in the bundle:

AED_TidyUp

Sort the project panel into correct folders. Looks at the items in the project panel and tidies them up into new folders, ie. Compositions, Audio, Stills, Footage, Solids, Missing Footage, Old Folders and Vectors. Any old folders are dropped into ‘Old Folders’. A God-send for messy animators! It’s also a useful way of isolating missing footage or perhaps footage from stills and to reveal your missing items too. Also can be used to see how many items are in your folders by revealing the comment tab in the project panel.

AED_TrafficLights

Use layer tagging & colour to see what’s done and not done. The ‘Traffic lights ‘ analogy uses red for ‘NOT DONE’, orange for ‘IN PROGRESS’, and green for ‘DONE’. Rerunning the script cycles through the states. Useful if you need to keep track of what’s done or what isn’t. Unfortunately the layer colour will only change with AE CS5+ users. After one cycle of clicks, it deletes all markers if you want to get rid of the tagging. Be aware that this script deletes all previous markers on a layer.

AED_BgFlip

Toggle the background between common colours white, mid-grey and black.Useful when you want to render something out as straight against white rather than premultiplied against black. Also useful to see how your alpha is compositing against light and dark colours before rendering.

AED_FlipColourize

Quick colourizing of a layer, subsequent clicks will increment the colour value. Useful for checking out quick “looks” for a layer or for example finding a nice colour for text or perhaps trying different colours for a solid. If you want a bigger increment jump or smaller, check out the script itself – there are instructions on editing that variable.

AED_FeatherIncrement

Feathers mask(s) on a layer by increments (+ or -). Increment adjustable on the right (pixels). Eliminates the need to individually select masks and the feather property. With no mask selected – increments all the feather values by the chosen amount, otherwise acts on only the selected masks.

AED_MatteFromWhite

Uses the white content of a layer as a matte for itself. Click again to invert. Each subsequent click toggles the invert. Check the video tutorial for some uses.

AED_Reload

Reloads selected layer(s) from the timeline so you don’t have to go to the project window, reveal the footage and then reload it, a small timesaver. Also this script attempts to heal links to missing footage. If you delete a file on your file system, After Effects marks it as missing and the reload footage function will not work. You would have to navigate to find the new file. This script will check the path and re-import the item if it has been returned to the file system. This can be helpful if an imported sequence is being updated repeatedly on your file system.

AED_SwapFootage

Replace the source footage for the selected layer. Another small timesaver, you don’t have to reveal the source item in the project window and then replace that item. Just select the layer and click the button to swap something out. Be aware this swaps out the footage in the project panel so will affect any other comps using that footage.

AED_UsualFX

If nothing selected – adds an adjustment layer with some commonly usedl effects (Hue/Sat, Levels,Curves and Box Blur) applied. These are the effects that seem to repeat across all types of projects. If layer(s) are selected then it just applies these effects to the individual layers. This is a shortcut instead of menu hopping.

AED_CrossBlend

Creates a cross-dissolve transition between 2 layers, blending layer A out to the current time. Uses the Blend effect which is nicer than using opacity. Set the time desired (in frames) in the ‘Time?’’ area. A one click solution for a repetitive task. Very useful for light editing in After Effects.

AED_FadeIn

Fades layer(s) in and performs correct inpoint trimming. Set the time desired (in frames) in the ‘Time?’’ area. This works with Lights (Intensity) & Audio (Levels) too.

AED_FadeOut

Fades layer(s) out and performs correct outPoint trimming. Set the time desired (in frames) in the ‘Time?’’ area. This works with Lights (Intensity) & Audio (Levels) too.

AED_SelectHereDown

Selects all layers under the currently selected layer, to aid with basic editing and layer sliding.
Sometimes it is useful when you need to slide a large group of layers.

AED_KillDeadSpace

Searches comp and removes any space between layers by ripple editing backwards. Useful when there are accidental gaps between edits. There is an option to ‘Preserve overlaps’. This will not slide the layers back if layer B’s start comes before layer A’s outpoint. (if you have some transition operations in place). Check out the video tutorial for more clarity on this one.

AED_QuickSnip

This is a useful tool for editing clips quickly to an in and out point and rendering the result. On click 1, it snips to an in point, on click 2 it snips to an out point and sets the work area to the resulting in and out of the layer. On click 3 the entire composition is trimmed to the in and out of the layer and the script asks the user if they want to render the comp. Useful if selecting individual clips from a longer piece of footage.

AED_SetCompTime

Simply enter a frame value for the length of the current composition. I find I have to constantly edit the length of a composition many times a day so it’s good to have this functionality exposed. Enter a value and hit return.

Version history

• 1.1 – Fixed invisible edit text boxes in CS3 and CS4 – Mar 2012
• 1.0 – Initial release – Feb 2012

It works by retrieving the binary string of an image file (can be any kind of file), but does not convert to hex or base 64. You can use this script to get the binary string in order to embed the icons of a user interface in the script code. The size of the image to be converted and the time it takes will depend on the performance of your computer but small images or icons will convert very quickly. The script has several output options. You can get just the binary string or you can get .jsx examples of how to embed the code into your scripts.

New features in version 2:

• Complete overhaul of the script intended for image encoding for the creationof user interface.
• Loading a single or several images from a folder.
• Adding filter options for the image type.
• Addition of a size limitation of the image.
• Display of all images available for processing.
• Adding a color code depending on the size of images, to help the user in choosing those to be converted.
• Generating a code for one or several images, and save the jsx file which can be used directly in After Effects.

Version History

• 2.0 – Full overhaul, support for multiple images – Mar 2012
• 1.0 – Initial release – Dec 2011