Comments on: rd: Pre-compose http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/ A useful collection of scripts for Adobe After Effects Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-35480 Jeff Almasol Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:34:21 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-35480 hi jose... i think what you're seeing is a problem with some scripts (not just mine) that open on Mac as a short, thin window. you should be able to resize the window by clicking/dragging the lower part of this short window to the lower-right. it might take a few tries to hit the window's edge. i think by making the window non-resizable it'll fix it, but i'll see if i can find a better workaround. (i'm away from my Mac for a few days, though.) thanks. hi jose… i think what you’re seeing is a problem with some scripts (not just mine) that open on Mac as a short, thin window. you should be able to resize the window by clicking/dragging the lower part of this short window to the lower-right. it might take a few tries to hit the window’s edge.

i think by making the window non-resizable it’ll fix it, but i’ll see if i can find a better workaround. (i’m away from my Mac for a few days, though.)

thanks.

]]> By: Jose Negrete http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-35472 Jose Negrete Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:14:11 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-35472 In CS5 doesn't work. It opens a tiny, tiny window with no possibilities of clicking nothing due to its size... In fact, I must force quit from After... In CS5 doesn’t work. It opens a tiny, tiny window with no possibilities of clicking nothing due to its size…

In fact, I must force quit from After…

]]> By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-34672 Jeff Almasol Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:55:23 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-34672 hi navarro... should be. are you on CS5 and seeing something wrong? :jeff hi navarro… should be. are you on CS5 and seeing something wrong?

:jeff

]]> By: Navarro Parker http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-34497 Navarro Parker Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:33:27 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-34497 CS5 ready? CS5 ready?

]]> By: David Kessler http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-32234 David Kessler Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:49:25 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-32234 Very useful script. Thank you! This is saving me so much frustration. It makes you wonder why Adobe didn't think of this. Very useful script. Thank you! This is saving me so much frustration. It makes you wonder why Adobe didn’t think of this.

]]> By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-32112 Jeff Almasol Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:42:55 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-32112 hi angelo... unfortunately, nothing new at this time. work's been quite busy lately, so haven't had much free time. hi angelo… unfortunately, nothing new at this time. work’s been quite busy lately, so haven’t had much free time.

]]> By: Angelo http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-32004 Angelo Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:55:32 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-32004 Any news on the feature requested by marco? It has been a pain so far selecting each layer individually and running the script (selecting corresponding boxes aswell) in a composition containing 100s of layers. I tried using different versions @ http://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=51. But none trimmed the layer + the parent composition accordingly as Pre-compose does. Nevertheless excellent script. Thank you very much! Any news on the feature requested by marco? It has been a pain so far selecting each layer individually and running the script (selecting corresponding boxes aswell) in a composition containing 100s of layers. I tried using different versions @ http://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=51. But none trimmed the layer + the parent composition accordingly as Pre-compose does.

Nevertheless excellent script. Thank you very much!

]]> By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-26598 Jeff Almasol Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:48:25 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-26598 hi marco... it's been a popular suggestion for a batch mode. i'll add your name to the existing request. thanks! hi marco… it’s been a popular suggestion for a batch mode. i’ll add your name to the existing request. thanks!

]]> By: marco sanasi http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-26577 marco sanasi Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:49:04 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-26577 hello, a suggestion: modify the script to make it possible to pre-compose multiple layers separately: a trimmed composition for each layer! thank you for the useful script!!! hello,
a suggestion: modify the script to make it possible to pre-compose multiple layers separately: a trimmed composition for each layer!
thank you for the useful script!!!

]]> By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-22960 Jeff Almasol Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:33:28 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-22960 Hi Syd... This script's UI is a modal dialog box, not a dockable panel, so it's not intended to be installed in the Scripts/ScriptUI Panels folder or to be run from the Window menu. Just run it from the File > Scripts > Run Script File command or, if you've installed it in the Scripts folder, from the File > Scripts submenu. Hope that helps. Hi Syd… This script’s UI is a modal dialog box, not a dockable panel, so it’s not intended to be installed in the Scripts/ScriptUI Panels folder or to be run from the Window menu. Just run it from the File > Scripts > Run Script File command or, if you’ve installed it in the Scripts folder, from the File > Scripts submenu. Hope that helps.

]]> By: Syd Garon http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-22959 Syd Garon Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:45:59 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-22959 Awesome script. Thank you. Just curious, why does it disappear every time I use the script? I select it from the window and it appears and works as advertised, but once the script has been activated the pallet goes blank and I have to deselect from the Window menu then reselect to make it reappear. The pallet needs to be reset for each use. Awesome script. Thank you. Just curious, why does it disappear every time I use the script? I select it from the window and it appears and works as advertised, but once the script has been activated the pallet goes blank and I have to deselect from the Window menu then reselect to make it reappear. The pallet needs to be reset for each use.

]]> By: Chopping up a speech into word chunks using Adobe software- between the tweens http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-20879 Chopping up a speech into word chunks using Adobe software- between the tweens Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:00:37 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-20879 [...] so head over to Paul Tuersley’s site to get his ‘Split at Markers’ script and Jeff Almasol’s site to get his RD Pre-Compose script. These should be saved to Applications/Adobe After Effects [...] [...] so head over to Paul Tuersley’s site to get his ‘Split at Markers’ script and Jeff Almasol’s site to get his RD Pre-Compose script. These should be saved to Applications/Adobe After Effects [...]

]]> By: Jeff Almasol http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-15413 Jeff Almasol Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:30:02 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-15413 Hi Navarro... Doing some quick tests with one of my projects, it seems Chris Zwar's script doesn't have head/tails support, doesn't trim to exact duration (it places the precomped layers at the start of the nested comp), doesn't have a "Leave all attributes ..." option, and doesn't seem to handle negatively stretched layers correctly. There might be others, but that's what I'm noticing so far. I'm also working on an update that allows you to precompose each layer separately (basically, a batch mode), but that's still farther out. Hi Navarro… Doing some quick tests with one of my projects, it seems Chris Zwar’s script doesn’t have head/tails support, doesn’t trim to exact duration (it places the precomped layers at the start of the nested comp), doesn’t have a “Leave all attributes …” option, and doesn’t seem to handle negatively stretched layers correctly. There might be others, but that’s what I’m noticing so far.

I’m also working on an update that allows you to precompose each layer separately (basically, a batch mode), but that’s still farther out.

]]> By: Navarro Parker http://aescripts.com/rd-pre-compose/#comment-15391 Navarro Parker Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:14:58 +0000 http://aescripts.com/?p=456#comment-15391 How does this differ from Precomp-ToLayerDuration.jsx? The ability to add head and tails? How does this differ from Precomp-ToLayerDuration.jsx? The ability to add head and tails?

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