[free script] Null Swapper-Plexus/Particular Utility Script

[David Torno]

Thought I would pass along this link to all who read browse this forum. I just recently released a free script called Null Swapper and a tutorial for it here:

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/motiongraphicsvizfx/story/null_swapper_-_plexus_particular_ut...

It's a utility script to swap After Effects Null layers out for Light layers. Say when you want to use a 3D solved track with Plexus, you will need Point Lights for Plexus to work, and swapping tens to hundreds of Nulls for Lights is a crazy task to do by hand. That's why I made this script. Currently it is CS5.5 and CS6 only, but I am looking into a solution for previous AE versions.

[David Torno]

CS6 compatibility has been added. I'm still working on an elegant solution for preCS5.5 AE versions.

[mouad]

thank's mate, very useful thing.

and is it reversable ? i mean could i convert lights to nulls to ?

[David Torno]

One way at the moment, nulls to lights. I could add that feature to my list of updates to work on though.

[mouad]

thank's a lot , i'm waiting for it if it's not going to waste a lot of your time.

[stib]

Great script, thanks. One request: since you're releasing it free, why not release the source (i.e. publish it as plain old jsx). That way others can help refine it.

[David Torno]

‌Thanks stib_at_work , the only reason this is not open source yet is that there is still proprietary code being used that I cannot release publicly yet. It is on my list of things to resolve. I will be making a few open source scripts soon as part of my Free Function Friday series though.