Create Trimmed Adjustment Layer
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Based on a user request here on aescripts, CreateTrimmedAdjustmentLayer will create a new Adjustment Layer and trim it to the range of the selected layers.
CreateSeveralTrimmedAdjustmentLayers will create an adjustment layer for each of the selected layers. The new adj layer can have a custom name defined in the User Variables section and also has the option of including the name of the layer that it’s adjusting below.
Package includes both scripts.
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This script is gold! I also love how they are black solids. Just one more request pretty please? can you please make it so when I select more than one layer, the script creates seperate trimmed adjustment layers for those layers instead of one?
Again thank you so much for your wonderful scripts.
done!
It’s perfect! This is a massive time saver. Thanks so much!
WOW!!! you read people minds.i was waiting for that to come.
i wonder if you can come up with a script that automatically adjust the work area apone a selected layer/layers.
great job on this one body!
Thanks.
That functionality is already built in to AE:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-797a.html
Super useful, thanks!
Sorry, slightly off topic but, (i couldn’t find a requests section) is it possible to write a script to that adds options to your adjustment layers that let you single out what layers below it get effected? This would minimize comping greatly.
Thanks again,
-A
can you create one for Null objects as well? That would be beyond awesome.
pls give me the MasksToLayers.jsx file if u have it
tnx u are the best
Is this script compatible with AE CS3? I appear to be having some problems getting it to work.
Here is what I did:
1. Create a solid in a new comp, dropped Fractal Noise onto it.
2. Create a second sold above the first layer, drew a mask on it.
3. Selected this “top” layer, went to File -> Scripts, CreateTrimmedAdjustmentLayer.
4. Dragged HUE/SATURATION onto the Adjustment layer. Selected Colorize, and it changed the color of BOTH layers.
I also tried using “CreateSeveralTrimmedAdjustmentLayers”. This creatied an Adjustment Layer, and renamed it just to the “top” layer’s name. Which was the only one I had selected. Added HUE/SATURATION again, still effected ALL layers.
Please advise! Thanks!
@Stephen – You might not be understanding correctly how adjustment layers work. Here’s the AE docs that explain their functionality. Essentially an adjustment layer will affect all layers below it.
It doesn’t work for me (cs4)
Can you describe what you are experiencing with a little more detail so we can help you get it working?
Is there a version for this that works with regular layers/precomps?