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Lucas Greek
Lucas Greek
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October 19, 2022
Question

How Can One layer react to another - Sequencing

  • October 19, 2022
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Hey,  How Can I program one layer to sequence itself right after another? 

I'd love to achieve the effect that the bottom layer would be right after the top one automatically, so whenever there's a different duration on the top one the bottom responds to it... Is there any script for it? I guess parenting those two won't help...

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ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2022

Nothing built in and if you have the cash, Mylenium's suggestion makes sense, but I've got so used to the shortcut keys:

  • o takes me to a layer's end
  • select next layer then [ to bring its inpoint to the current time

 

 

    Lucas Greek
    Lucas GreekAuthor
    Known Participant
    October 19, 2022

    Thank you for this solution 🙂 

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    Arie Stavchansky
    Legend
    October 19, 2022

    Templater for After Effects does this with a suite of techniques that are called Time Sculpting.  See this documentation and visit the related links:

     

    https://support.dataclay.com/templater/content/concepts/time/time_sculpting.htm

     

    The specific method you are looking for would involve layer shifting and time cropping.  You can see the methods in these videos:

     

    Layer Shifting: https://youtu.be/BXTbUoH7mJs

    Time Cropping: https://youtu.be/isoToq9XrCU

     

    You can download the extension here, which has a 30 day free trial:

    https://dataclay.com/templater

     

     

     

     

     

     

      Lucas Greek
      Lucas GreekAuthor
      Known Participant
      October 19, 2022

      Thank you, I tried it out and works like a charm, wish I knew more about this template as it feels powerful.

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        Arie Stavchansky
        Legend
        October 19, 2022

        Glad it helped!  Yes, Templater is very powerful when it comes to re-versioning your compositions — it's a feature rich extension.

        Mylenium
        Mylenium
        Legend
        October 19, 2022

        You can't do this interactively and that is that. You have to use scripts to do such things. Check AEScripts.com and pick one of the layer management script utilities that is to your taste.

         

        Mylenium

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