AE ENHANCERS

Hi.

I'm trying to solve this, but just tying my feeble, designer brain in knots...
It's got to be pretty simple, I'm sure:

1. Open comp
2. Identify longest layer (time)
3. Set Work Area to longest layer
4. trim comp to work area
5. Close comp

Any help greatly appreciated

Hi fiveshorts,
I thought it was easy but for some unknown reasons I can't get it to work properly...maybe other enhancers will take look at it.
- you have to close the "timeline frame" (otherwise only the current comp is updated)..
- error occurred if some layers have been shifted beyond the comp duration

here is my test code (ae7), select comps in the project panel and execute the following script:

http://www.nabscripts.com/Forum/Scripts/myScripts/trimWorkArea.jsx

Thanks nab,

It's foxing me too, not that I'm any sort of coder — just trying to script as many annoying, repetitive tasks as possible...

I'm happy for it to be an 'in-comp' script, ie. to only be applicable to an open, active comp, if that's easier?

Let's see if anyone else can shed some light.

thanks again.

Your script is determining the correct duration of the work area at least... when all layers are inside end point. I couldn't work that one out. Now to get it to see beyond the end, extend the comp duration to the last out point and trim the comp accordingly...

for further reference...
I noticed Jeff also experienced odd behavior with the workAreaDuration attribute in his rd_RenderLayers.jsx
http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?item=rd_RenderLayers
Look into the code to see how he fixed the problem ( "- 0.001" stuff)