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Animating shapes with CSV data

New Here ,
Aug 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019

I'm relatively inexperienced in After Effects, but I want to use the data-driven animation function to import CSV data and use the data to animate a series of circles over time. The goal is something like this:

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Currently, I have the XY coordinates in this format:

frame, dot_x,     dot_y,        dot2_x,     dot2_y, ...

1          5               2               7               3

2          4               3               8               5

3          3               4               6               9

...

How do I do this? I get the feeling that this would be best handled through scripting, but I'm not familiar with the Adobe scripting language, so any more specific direction would be much appreciated.

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Sep 12, 2019 Sep 12, 2019
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You might want to look into a tool like Open Sesame, on AEScripts. Though reading in CSV files isn't too hard with scripting. The only thing that makes it tricky is the lousy built-in IDE -  ExtendScript.  https://aescripts.com/pt_opensesame/

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