Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4924784 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:12:40 +0100 Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id xa7so1789134pbc.28 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:16:50 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=CmpNKY8JDl6O/P36IS5wuboMIOTW6eZVF/svr0xep9k=; b=O7rZo6FKoKAUJpRCtDG1o47W5t8EeMr2oF4vyAxslDCKlSmL4QiyKiDCDmAwaTWKdz iVruXG6uVlgbT5/xlAuNIZfPoo6DOZxiP4gbY0MlHt6sC7FdllcGGWZxYVdBtj74WPwP tZHSoSkFQ/BVpX3M1MIKCW4RTji8jvrnGHFfN199yc9rFFgnxNSY9nDyZBt69zTjbl7J FPqxMzEx7XpwcsfWbcOmhl7ZsDSRllI25ClU04J7O/jIUhuH5ZK5zpVjeT13Fe4Zqe/8 NdfYw4mMDIYmKRvwOZZhcJ9vKFxX/ZPbqfTZfzjVO40YtX9Dllaxu6GLpIChS4TFtM0b sDpQ== Received: by 10.66.76.37 with SMTP id h5mr266508paw.33.1355444210781; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:16:50 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [10.0.0.135] ([65.223.58.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bt2sm2081432pab.15.2012.12.13.16.16.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:16:49 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Spitler Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5B36B44B-3911-4626-9BAA-E686651C47EB" Subject: Re: [AE] Script to display individual image sequence burn-in Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:16:43 -0800 In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List , stephen@sv2studios.com References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm4v/VdRPyF6OYMwmZCDVcIUjY4oZDjKPObvJxPCmawW8+nanNPkW6A/nw2hRg4dI567QDE --Apple-Mail=_5B36B44B-3911-4626-9BAA-E686651C47EB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 If you put a text layer above your image sequence and apply this = expression to the source text it will display the source name and the = frame number (provinding it starts at zero). newName =3D " "; n=3DthisComp.layer(index+1).name; for (i=3D0; i < n.length;i++) { if (n[i] !=3D "[" ) {newName=3DnewName+ n[i]}; else break; } newName + timeToFrames(time); Hope this helps. Phil Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139 Website | Facebook | LinkedIn On Dec 13, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > I=92m working with some long space image sequences (20,000+ frames) = and need a quick way to identify a specific frame in a sequence. I need = to hack some way for AE to tell me which filename of the imported image = sequence is on screen, ideally via visual burn-in layer =96 but it = appears AE can only reference the file name? The workaround would be = doing math but that gets awkward very fast. > =20 > Is this possible in AE? > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick --Apple-Mail=_5B36B44B-3911-4626-9BAA-E686651C47EB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 If you put a text layer above your image sequence = and apply this expression to the source text it will display the source = name and the frame number (provinding it starts at = zero).

newName =3D " ";

n=3DthisComp.layer(index+1).name;

for = (i=3D0; i < n.length;i++) {


if (n[i] !=3D "[" ) {newName=3DnewName+ n[i]};

else break;

}

newName = + = timeToFrames(time);




H= ope this = helps.

Phil




signature1 Phil = Spitler  |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t : 415.394.8200  m : = 415.571.3139

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On Dec 13, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote:

I=92m working with some long = space image sequences (20,000+ frames) and need a quick way to identify = a specific frame in a sequence. I need to hack some way for AE to tell = me which filename of the imported image sequence is on screen, ideally = via visual burn-in layer =96 but it appears AE can only reference the = file name? The workaround would be doing math but that gets awkward very = fast.
 
Is this possible in = AE?
 
stephen van = vuuren
336.202.4777