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numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 16th, 2009, 8:15 am
by iyadooz
hi all

im working on a little project that contain some shots need to be numbered in a sequence im using the number plugin's to achieve this although im doing this manually by adding a key frame at the end of each composite and changing the value option in the number plugin how can i tell after effect to do this by script at the end of each composite please help?? :(

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 16th, 2009, 8:40 am
by lloydalvarez
If you give a bit more detail about exactly what you need the expression to do somebody will be more likely to help you

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 17th, 2009, 10:39 am
by iyadooz
oh sorry

ok i have like a 55 scenes that i want to make them one movie on this movie i want to make a text input that tells the number of the scene like scene 1 ,scene 2,scene 3 or 1,2,3....etc i used a plugin called number in after effect but in this plugin you have to do it manually by changing the value option for the plugin at the end of each scene is there a way to do this by script??

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 1:47 am
by Yenaphe
Are each scene on a different layer ?

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 18th, 2009, 10:07 am
by iyadooz
yeah each scene is on a different layer!!

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 19th, 2009, 7:07 am
by kobyg
iyadooz,
In case you won't have a script to do what you want, you could do it without a script, using Markers:
You could put Comp Markers at places in time where each scene begins,
and then use a simple expression to change the string of a text layer to display the index number of that marker, which will be the number of the scene.

Koby.

p.s.: In order to place the markers faster, you could use the SHIFT key in order to scrub the timeline and snap to beninng of scenes, and then use the "*" key on the numeric keypad to add a comp marker (make sure you don't have any layer selected when you click the * key, otherwise you will add a layer marker instead of a comp marker).

p.s.: If you need help with the expression changing the text, let me know.

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 20th, 2009, 11:30 am
by iyadooz
kobyg,

Great but i really need some help with the expression :( how can i do this??

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 20th, 2009, 12:20 pm
by Dan Ebberts
Maybe this will get you started:

http://www.motionscript.com/design-guid ... -name.html

Dan

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 20th, 2009, 5:43 pm
by kobyg
Dan's idea is better than the solution I though of.
You won't need any markers this way.
Real clever expression !
Great idea Dan !

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: March 20th, 2009, 6:51 pm
by iyadooz
thanks guy's the two idea is brilliant ...

i really appreciated.

Re: numbering a sequence of shot

Posted: September 25th, 2018, 4:43 am
by soneryamak
Hi everybody.

I have got a similar situation but my AE project is a bit different. My AE project includes a Premiere project. And that Premiere project has got 200+ different sequence. I need to add a shot number each sequence. So I haven't got layers in AE project.

I guess I can use comp markers. But I don't know how can I change shot numbers with expression in AE.

May you help me please?