DistributeLayers

Allows you to distribute the selected layers in 3D space.

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DistributeLayers

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This script allows you to distribute the selected layers in 3D space. In addition to offset position, you can offset rotation/scale/opacity and adds some randomness. The “Factor” parameter allows non-linear offset between layers.

: Distribute Layers UI

Last updated August 12th, 2009
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Tags: 3D, CS4, Distribute, Layers

Charles Bordenave

About the author

My name is Charles Bordenave and I am currently located in France. I started working with After Effects in 2005, when I was a PhD student in computer science at Montreal. My interest quickly converged to expressions and scripting. Nowadays I'm regularly hired on a freelance basis by production studios focussed on tv broadcast, cartoon animation, motion graphics or cinema. My job usually consists of developing customized automation tools for After Effects.

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4 Comments

naimalwan (Reply to this comment)
August 12, 2009

Hi, are these properties animatable?, great script.
Lloyd (Reply to this comment)
August 12, 2009

@naim – Yes, definitely. Set keyframes once you distribute them the way you want, move to a new time and change the distribution and keyframes will be set for the new distribution.
Andy (Reply to this comment)
September 8, 2009

Hi!

Should this script work in the latest update (9.0.2.42)? I get only a empty panel when I load it into AE..
- nab (Reply to this comment)
  September 8, 2009
  
  Yes it should work.
  Are you on a Mac or Windows platform ?
  What happens when you execute the script using the ‘File > Scripts > Run Script File’ command ?

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