Re: [OTish] After Effects slate script/plugin ?

[cristobal infante <cristobal.infante(at)primefocusworld.com>]

I've got a little expressions that may just be what your are looking for.

1) Go to AE get a new text layer
2) with this layer selected go to Animation > add _expression_ .
3) You will see you have an _expression_ box on the source of your text.

Now put this code inside the box:

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txt = "";
for (j = 1; j <= thisComp.numLayers; j++){
if (j == index) continue;
L = thisComp.layer(j);
if (! (L.hasVideo && L.active)) continue;
if (time >= L.inPoint && time < L.outPoint){
{
txt = L.name
}
break;
}
}
txt
-----------------------------------------

This code will display the name of the layer directly underneath it.
So put all comps under one big comp and sitck this layer on the top.

Hope it helps

Best,
Cristobal

----- Original Message -----

From: Byron Nash <byronnash(at)gmail.com>

To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>

Cc:

Date: Wednesday, May 7 2008 07:22 PM

Subject: Re: [OTish] After Effects slate script/plugin ?

www.aenhancers.com is a good place to start. People have asked for similar things on there before. Also check out www.redefinery.com.

You could create some text layers and use expressions to put the comp name in automatically. That's a pretty easy thing to do.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Fabrice Altman <fabrice(at)studioaka.co.uk> wrote:

Hi List,

we're looking for a script or plugin that generates a slate in AE to simply display the comp name on the output QTs.

Seen something similar before anyone ?

Cheers,

F.

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Byron Nash

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