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ext-padawan · ‎Jan 05, 2018

Just a quick follow up: the method described in https://www.provideocoalition.com/expression_shorts_-_read_external_text_document/ definitely works. Just some tips to users that are not used to working with AE: to enter your javascript: alt-click the stop watch symbol and magically a simple text editor opens (this was the most time consuming part to figure out in my case) on AE 2018 / WIN10 I had to use var myPath = "D:\\markku-docs\\data\\names.js"; for the path (double backslashes) then just shift-select all your comps and drag them to render queue and click render And voilà: enjoy a cup coffee while AE takes care of the heavy lifting for you. Thanks for everybody for tips and suggestions.

ext-padawan · ‎Jan 05, 2018

Hi Mike, thanks for the tip. I think I will be able to follow it, I just need some time to fill in the details. Following your googling tip I found https://www.provideocoalition.com/expression_shorts_-_read_external_text_document/ which shows one way to go: using javascript and linking external values through composition name. BR Markku

ext-padawan · ‎Jan 05, 2018

Hi, my apologies that this question may be somewhat weird and completely noob, but here we go anywayz: I have 100 names and one short video clip, that I want to use as a template. What would be an easy way to create 100 short video clips that at the beginning of each video show one name from the list immersed into the video clip template? Obviously the name should be different in each video clip. Any ideas/pointers are highly appreciated. And if this appears to be a mission impossible or something very stupid to go for, then just let me know : ) BR Markku

ext-padawan · ‎Jun 29, 2017

One afterthought: There is something weird going on indeed.... When adjusting settings in Preferences > User Interface everything looks OK (at least in the sense I would expect things to work) but unfortunately layers and groups are again the same after clicking "OK" : (

ext-padawan · ‎Jun 29, 2017

Thanks for the info, I made a feature request. BR Markku

ext-padawan · ‎Jun 29, 2017

Hi, I have a small issue when working with the layers palette. In larger documents I typically rename some of my layers and groups. After renaming both my layers and groups look exactly the same in the layers palette. In my case the only way to tell the difference seems to be double clicking the layer or group name in order to open layer/group properties dialogue box. What should I do in order to see the difference between layers and groups without double clicking? I have tried various ways to modify my user interface preferences but unfortunately without luck. I hope that there would be a way to make the background color of text "Layer 1" and "<Group>" different. BR Markku

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