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Peter242362343z99
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January 11, 2023
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Create Button for keying all values on multiple objests?

  • January 11, 2023
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Hey all,

 

just a quick question. Is there a way to create a button that keys all values on multiple objests? I'm doing a bit of character stuff  in after effects and coming from a Maya background it was very easy to create a mel button that would select every controler and I could key them all at once. Right now I'm having to select evey single control null, every corrective shape layer and it just means to key all and lock in a pose, I have to whizz all the way down the layers pressing mulitple buttons rathen then just one.

I've had a bried look at joy sticks and sliders, will that do this kind of thing?

 

Thanks

Pete

 

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Mylenium
Mylenium
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January 11, 2023

Depending on what you want to do you can set up expressions with custom controls and remote-link them, but of course you still need to rig it up first and it may be impractical. Unlike MEL there's no global access. AE is built the other way around. Scripts and expressions are plugged onto the interface whereas in maya the UI is just a way to control the underlying script engine, which opens up many more possibilities.

 

Mylenium

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Peter242362343z99Author
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January 11, 2023

Thanks for the info Mylenium! The jouney isnt always easy I guess, but as long as the resulst are cool!

Mylenium
Mylenium
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January 11, 2023

You may want to read the online help on AE basics rather than trying to apply your Maya mindset. AE auto-keys all properties once they have had their stopwatch enabled/ a keyframe set as soon as you change a value or transform an item. Properties can be filtered using P for position for instance and there's any number of ways to combine those filters using Alt, Shift and Ctrl keys. Alt+Shift+P creates a position keyframe for instance.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/keyboard-shortcuts-reference.html

 

Mylenium

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    Peter242362343z99Author
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    January 11, 2023

    Moo! Thanks for the quick reply Mylenium! I've being doing a bit of this alright, using layer colors to select multipe nulls and so on. Its still a little clunky I guess, as I can key the values on the trans / rotation and scale quickly this way, but I need to then select a different color group to the shape layers and key them all at one too.

    Its just a shame I can't re-route all attributes on all layers to one speficic slectior and press Key.

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