Return-Path: Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4878396 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:07:03 +0200 Received: by mail-bk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id jm1so651230bkc.28 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:09:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=R8oYki6Y5yZfZmLRo4EBt8Ne9phicM6dO8ssCBLGCz0=; b=CFziTo9ZwoZWQl1MTlPCmCJyHNmT4vzWChOZ0zykj4VxCyBUMVcyxdn1YPqUusBK85 nMdnUP7n5ilaZJ2i54C2vfjRDVxT0Jtl2v2AX/KA3Y0rhmPr98HdwwSPP2TEyxbejVxe ASPjPHrHS8tCRXO2jiEDh7jxqAIO4YBD5fxHyr6vOO6jJo1xQOWb2dVBSDg6k1yqMQ6+ nXHmwU4E51YURTL1nSR6FRPJt6I8h4LbqDLZaQtNygVb2hWbsmrRyfFIJQl1ta1t2/bT g8WjukuJZMZUfZBe27m/npD/bhSXjwsQzFKmjt2RnR9ptsexiGM0fxm3ymXOrFS3bGTk 6Rzw== Received: by 10.204.8.67 with SMTP id g3mr2376499bkg.107.1350893375371; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [10.227.25.24] (dab-bhx1-h-1-2.dab.02.net. [82.132.228.222]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ia2sm2698590bkc.11.2012.10.22.01.09.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:09:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [AE] replace multiple layers References: From: Darren Hanson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4FC9205C-6D7B-421C-A788-3C2714A106D5 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A403) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:31 +0100 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-4FC9205C-6D7B-421C-A788-3C2714A106D5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Try the Immigration script. You'd need to replace your existing source files= in the project window though.=20 On 21 Oct 2012, at 22:09, Evan Fotis wrote: I did a search there, but couldn't find something like that. For now I'm usi= ng animation presets to do the same thing though it needs a bit more tweakin= g. Its a 160 image slideshow with funky transitions and movements.. On 21-Oct-12 23:50, Teddy Gage wrote: > Ah that trick only works to replace a single source element. So say you us= ed the same video clip 12 times in a comp, with different effects on each la= yer, you could swap out that single item of footage to multiple layers. but i= t wont go from multiple source layers to multiple comps layers - it would ne= ed to know which items get replaced in which order. afaik there is no way to= replace all the elements at once with different source items natively. I'm g= uessing there's probably a script for it... I'd poke around aescripts. I see= m to remember something like that >=20 > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Evan Fotis wrote: >> thanx for the input, but unless I'm missing something, I tried it and its= not working for me. I selected 12 layers in the TL. Then I select 12 footag= e items from project panel. I Alt&drag from project on to TL but instead of r= eplacing TL items as happens when just one is selected, it places the new on= es on top... >> Any hint? >> thanx again >>=20 >> On 21-Oct-12 23:21, Teddy Gage wrote: >>> This may not be exactly what you need, but if you ctrl-select the layers= you want to change, then alt-drag a new source layer from the project panel= , it will keep all keys and effects while swapping source footage. >>>=20 >>> On Oct 21, 2012 4:13 PM, "Evan Fotis" wrote: >>>> Hello, is there a way to replace multiple layers at once from project t= o TL, a script perhaps? >>>> tnx >>>>=20 >>>> +---End of message---+ >>>> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Animator & Editor > www.teddygage.com > Brooklyn --Apple-Mail-4FC9205C-6D7B-421C-A788-3C2714A106D5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Try the Immigration script. You'd need to replace your existing source files in the project window though. 

On 21 Oct 2012, at 22:09, Evan Fotis <evan.fotis@gmail.com> wrote:

I did a search there, but couldn't find something like that. For now I'm using animation presets to do the same thing though it needs a bit more tweaking. Its a 160 image slideshow with funky transitions and movements..
On 21-Oct-12 23:50, Teddy Gage wrote:
Ah that trick only works to replace a single source element. So say you used the same video clip 12 times in a comp, with different effects on each layer, you could swap out that single item of footage to multiple layers. but it wont go from multiple source layers to multiple comps layers - it would need to know which items get replaced in which order. afaik there is no way to replace all the elements at once with different source items natively. I'm guessing there's probably a script for it... I'd poke around aescripts. I seem to remember something like that

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Evan Fotis <evan.fotis@gmail.com> wrote:
thanx for the input, but unless I'm missing something, I tried it and its not working for me. I selected 12 layers in the TL. Then I select 12 footage items from project panel. I Alt&drag from project on to TL but instead of replacing TL items as happens when just one is selected, it places the new ones on top...
Any hint?
thanx again

On 21-Oct-12 23:21, Teddy Gage wrote:

This may not be exactly what you need, but if you ctrl-select the layers you want to change, then alt-drag a new source layer from the project panel, it will keep all keys and effects while swapping source footage.

On Oct 21, 2012 4:13 PM, "Evan Fotis" <evan.fotis@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, is there a way to replace multiple layers at once from project to TL, a script perhaps?
tnx

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