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Omar_Abdelaziz
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March 29, 2025
Question

Is there no Preset type when saving a preset in AF like PR?

  • March 29, 2025
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Why in After Effects there is no option for selecting a preset type when saving a preset like Premiere Pro.

 

Any preset in After Effects is saved as "Anchor to in Point" type in Premeire.

 

It's so frustrating and time-consuming when I have many layers with different lengths, and I apply a preset, then adjust all keyframes to fit the layer's length. 

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ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2025

Yeah - that looks a neat feature.

To do similar in AE, I think you'd need to use an expression which drives the animation from the inPoint and / or OutPoint.

 

 

This one fades a layer over 1/2 a second:

fadetime = 0.5;
st = thisLayer.inPoint;
ed = thisLayer.outPoint;
if (time > st+fadetime) {
	linear(time,ed-fadetime,ed,100,0);
} else {
	linear(time,st,st+fadetime,0,100);
}

 

 

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Omar_AbdelazizAuthor
Participant
April 3, 2025

I tried this expression on a simple pop up (scale) animation that has 3 keyframes, What it did was it deleted the keyframe in the middle and repeated the two keyframes at that end in reveres, as an out animation.

What is the expression for shifting the keyframes to the in point or out point of that layer?

ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 3, 2025

This expression will have have disabled the keyframes - it would not or should not delete them.

 

If you want the expression to also look at the keyframes, then add value like this:

fadetime = 0.5;
st = thisLayer.inPoint;
ed = thisLayer.outPoint;
if (time > st+fadetime) {
	value+linear(time,ed-fadetime,ed,100,0);
} else {
        value+linear(time,st,st+fadetime,0,100);
}
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