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From:	Greg Balint <greg@delrazor.com>
Subject:	Re: [AE] Uh...folders in comps is here
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:25:50 -0400
To:	After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

I agree, it's a simple attempt to help out. And for people who don't use shy layers a lot, or don't organize by color a lot, it can help tremendously to keep projects organized.

I think a major use of this script, for me, will be to use this at the end of a project when I have 250+ layers, to wrap it all up into concise sections and collect the project for archiving. When I come back to it 6 months later for an inane client edit, I can easily jump in without having to remember how I laid it all out again.

Plus, even if you do use shy layers, this is basically allowing you to have multiple shy layer groups! Which is a step in a good direction, and something native AE does not offer.

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com

On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Rick Gerard wrote:

This was a nice effort but it's not really anything more than a
scripted way to automate the use of the shy feature by using a null
with a | in the name. The plug-in may be useful in projects with a
huge number of layers but it's not really the same as Photoshop's
Layer Groups.

I tend to organize by Label Color and Label group on most projects
that involve more then a few layers. I also tend to use the shy
feature quite a bit with projects that involve a lot of text effects.

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