Match Comp Duration
  • Toby RoyceToby Royce
    I’ve been asking for this & wondering why it’s not a standard feature in after effects for years. Thanks so much!
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Toby Royce said:
    I’ve been asking for this & wondering why it’s not a standard feature in after effects for years. Thanks so much!
    My pleasure! Yes I created it after really needing it in my own workflow. I hope it saves you as much time as it has me! Thanks again for the positive feedback.
  • Lance ClaytonLance Clayton
    Great script - a must have in the tool set! Nice work.
  • Avinash RamanathAvinash Ramanath
    Yes!!! Yes !!! Thank you. God bless you. I will pay for it as soon as I am able. Happy new year it is indeed. 
  • Davide BoscoloDavide Boscolo
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Davide Boscolo said:
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
    HI Davide, yes currently the selected layers will match the CTI duration regardless of their position. So for example if the CTI is at 3 seconds, each selected layer will be set to 3 seconds regardless of their inpoint position in time. I'll keep this in mind for future updates though. If the selected layers are not changing at all though send me a support ticket and I'll look into it.
  • Davide BoscoloDavide Boscolo
    Daniel Peterson said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
    HI Davide, yes currently the selected layers will match the CTI duration regardless of their position. So for example if the CTI is at 3 seconds, each selected layer will be set to 3 seconds regardless of their inpoint position in time. I'll keep this in mind for future updates though. If the selected layers are not changing at all though send me a support ticket and I'll look into it.
    It's working exactly as you said mate!
    However, let me say that, to me, I'd like to have the option to adjust the precomps and layers so that they end right where the CTI is, regardless of their inpoint position in time. An idea for a future update maybe?
    Good job anyway! Keep it up! Cheers!
  • Avinash RamanathAvinash Ramanath
    Davide Boscolo said:
    Daniel Peterson said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
    HI Davide, yes currently the selected layers will match the CTI duration regardless of their position. So for example if the CTI is at 3 seconds, each selected layer will be set to 3 seconds regardless of their inpoint position in time. I'll keep this in mind for future updates though. If the selected layers are not changing at all though send me a support ticket and I'll look into it.
    It's working exactly as you said mate!
    However, let me say that, to me, I'd like to have the option to adjust the precomps and layers so that they end right where the CTI is, regardless of their inpoint position in time. An idea for a future update maybe?
    Good job anyway! Keep it up! Cheers!
    Hello, any luck with this request?
  • da huoniaoda huoniao
    Very good! Can you add the ability to change the frame rate in the next update? I need to use the time other than 25 frame rate for my work.
  • da huoniaoda huoniao
    In addition to the frame rate, can you add one more setting to change the start frame from 0 or 1?
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Avinash Ramanath said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    Daniel Peterson said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
    HI Davide, yes currently the selected layers will match the CTI duration regardless of their position. So for example if the CTI is at 3 seconds, each selected layer will be set to 3 seconds regardless of their inpoint position in time. I'll keep this in mind for future updates though. If the selected layers are not changing at all though send me a support ticket and I'll look into it.
    It's working exactly as you said mate!
    However, let me say that, to me, I'd like to have the option to adjust the precomps and layers so that they end right where the CTI is, regardless of their inpoint position in time. An idea for a future update maybe?
    Good job anyway! Keep it up! Cheers!
    Hello, any luck with this request?
    Hi thanks for the message. I'll have a look at updating this shortly.

    da huoniao said:
    Very good! Can you add the ability to change the frame rate in the next update? I need to use the time other than 25 frame rate for my work.
    da huoniao said:
    In addition to the frame rate, can you add one more setting to change the start frame from 0 or 1?
    I'll look into these two things, thanks for the feedback.
  • Michael WoodMichael Wood
    Wow this is a great script but it's limited. Just some ideas, and make this not a 'name your own price'...Hell if you did these things I would pay $50+ for it!

    The 'Match CTI Duration' is amazing but it only trims it to the playhead properly when the comp is located at frame 0...I get alot of changes from clients where sections have to be either extended or reduced, and these comps are usually sequential in the edit..So I'd use this script alot if it worked by the comp not being at frame 0 and trimmed to the playhead where ever it's inpoint was. 

    Also, it would be good if it was a little more intelligent at extending nested layers/comps...Most of the time there are nested layers/comps at the start of a composition that are clipped purposely as they only appear at the start, this script extends them out regardless of if they are present at the end of the composition duration which means you have to go in and adjust manually, which is really confusing if you have a lot of layers. 

    I would be willing to pay good money for this!
  • Steve KellenerSteve Kellener
    Any chance of adding a frame count option instead of the timecode for setting custom duration? Thanks for this new panel. My rd_compsetter seems to crap out lately.
  • Paul DelissenPaul Delissen
    Fantastic script, a real timesaver, simple and solid!
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Avinash Ramanath said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    Daniel Peterson said:
    Davide Boscolo said:
    The "Match CTI Duration" button doesn't extend a precomp to the CTI if the precomp doesn't start at 0. 
    HI Davide, yes currently the selected layers will match the CTI duration regardless of their position. So for example if the CTI is at 3 seconds, each selected layer will be set to 3 seconds regardless of their inpoint position in time. I'll keep this in mind for future updates though. If the selected layers are not changing at all though send me a support ticket and I'll look into it.
    It's working exactly as you said mate!
    However, let me say that, to me, I'd like to have the option to adjust the precomps and layers so that they end right where the CTI is, regardless of their inpoint position in time. An idea for a future update maybe?
    Good job anyway! Keep it up! Cheers!
    Hello, any luck with this request?
    Took a lot longer than I meant but this feature has been added now! 'Match CTI Duration' now respects the inpoints of layers.
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Michael Wood said:
    Wow this is a great script but it's limited. Just some ideas, and make this not a 'name your own price'...Hell if you did these things I would pay $50+ for it!

    The 'Match CTI Duration' is amazing but it only trims it to the playhead properly when the comp is located at frame 0...I get alot of changes from clients where sections have to be either extended or reduced, and these comps are usually sequential in the edit..So I'd use this script alot if it worked by the comp not being at frame 0 and trimmed to the playhead where ever it's inpoint was. 

    Also, it would be good if it was a little more intelligent at extending nested layers/comps...Most of the time there are nested layers/comps at the start of a composition that are clipped purposely as they only appear at the start, this script extends them out regardless of if they are present at the end of the composition duration which means you have to go in and adjust manually, which is really confusing if you have a lot of layers. 

    I would be willing to pay good money for this!
    Thanks for the feedback Michael! 'Match CTI Duration' now respects the inpoint of layers. I didn't update the logic for nested layers but will keep that in mind for future updates.
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Steve Kellener said:
    Any chance of adding a frame count option instead of the timecode for setting custom duration? Thanks for this new panel. My rd_compsetter seems to crap out lately.
    Hey Steve, this is already possible by changing the display of the comp from 'timecode' to 'frames'. Then delete the Custom Duration to reset it to frames and enter the desired frame range!
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Paul Delissen said:
    Fantastic script, a real timesaver, simple and solid!
    Thanks Paul!
  • Greg MobleyGreg Mobley
    When using this the comp is extending but the duration stays the same. In your examples the duration changes to match. Am I doing something wrong?
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Greg Mobley said:
    When using this the comp is extending but the duration stays the same. In your examples the duration changes to match. Am I doing something wrong?
    Hi Greg, I'm not entirely sure what the issue is (can you open a support ticket so I can chat to you more?), but if you have a comp or layer selected then it should match the duration of the composition your currently in (or the current time indicator position if you use Match CTI).
  • Avinash RamanathAvinash Ramanath
    After the update.. The comp duration changes but the layer(s) out point is not extended like id did with the original version of the script. Please suggest a workaround.
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Avinash Ramanath said:
    After the update.. The comp duration changes but the layer(s) out point is not extended like id did with the original version of the script. Please suggest a workaround.
    I'll check that again thanks for letting me know about the issue. What version are you using of After Effects and Mac or Windows? Also did you select the 'include nested layers' option? Thanks.
  • Sven PeteSven Pete
    Hi Daniel, 

    does your script work with AE23? 

    Best 
    Sven
  • Lloyd AlvarezLloyd Alvarez
    Sven Pete said:
    Hi Daniel, 

    does your script work with AE23? 

    Best 
    Sven
    Yes it should work, if you have a technical or customer support issue, please open a support ticket instead.
  • Daniel PetersonDaniel Peterson
    Tanguy Hubner said:
    Is it fine for AE2025, or not yet? :)
    It should be fine as there wasn't any breaking scripting changes that affect MatchCompDuration, but I haven't had a chance to test on the latest Ae2025 yet... hopefully later this week. If you want to download for free you can test it also.
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