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nearestKeyIndex with time reversed layers

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Jan 04, 2015 Jan 04, 2015

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i just observed a wierd behaviour of nearestKeyIndex with negatively stretched layers and am wondering whether this is intended:

setup: put a footage inside a comp, time reverse the layer, lay some position keyframes on that layer.

1- expression: add a slider control to the time reversed layer, with expression: "transform.position.nearestKey(time).index;",  scroll the CTI along the timeline and read the slider value: the first key on the timeline has max index, the last key has index 1...

2- script: var L=app.project.activeItem.layer(1); L.transform.position.nearestKeyIndex(L.containingComp.time);     If the CTI is placed after the last position key on the timeline, it returns L.transform.position.numKeys, which is expected. But anywhere else it gives 1 !

So, for expressions it is more or less ok, but it means that whenever one uses a "nearestKey" expression one should actually check the strech state of the layer...(if (layer.inPoint<layer.outPoint) {this} else {that};)

But the script function looks really bugged to me, unless i made something wrong. Can someone confirm that "observation" ?

The work around i have now is to precomp the footage, time reverse it inside the precomp, and animate the precomp. But i'd rather not do it like that.

Xavier.

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Community Expert , Jan 04, 2015 Jan 04, 2015

It appears to work just as you describe. Seems like a bug (at least the scripting part, but maybe both) to me.

Dan

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It appears to work just as you describe. Seems like a bug (at least the scripting part, but maybe both) to me.

Dan

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Jan 05, 2015 Jan 05, 2015

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Thank you Dan for checking.

I'll quote it as answered since it makes me stop wondering about that problem, but i'll file a bug report along.

Xavier.

Side question:

I always use [layer].containingComp.time instead of just [layer].time, to be absolutely sure that it is the time i want, but everytime i check they appear to be the same.

Do you know if this is always true ?

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Jan 05, 2015 Jan 05, 2015

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I'm not aware of a case where they can be different. I tried it with a layer open in its own viewer and changing one changes the other. I do always use the comp time though, just in case.  🙂

Dan

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Jan 06, 2015 Jan 06, 2015

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Ok. Sticking to comp.time too then. Thank you.

Xavier.

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Feb 22, 2024 Feb 22, 2024

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still not fixed in Ae 2024 I guess

nearestKeyIndex works unexpected while layer time reversed

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