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Subject: Re: [AE] image seq burn in
From: Tobias Lind <tobias@tobiaslind.com>
In-Reply-To: <list-5048742@media-motion.tv>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:07:20 +0200
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To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

Here you go. The quick and dirty version.

Each image you have must basically be one their own. That is, no image =
sequence. Just bring in the folder of images.
Select all the images, drag them onto the new comp icon in the project =
window.
Select Create a single comp.
In options set the duration to 1 frame.
and check the sequence layers.

Make a text layer and put on top of the stack.
In the Source Text put this expression in it:


topLayer2Check =3D index + 1;
myString =3D "";
for (j =3D topLayer2Check ; j <=3D thisComp.numLayers; j++){
   myIn =3D thisComp.layer(j).inPoint;
   myOut =3D thisComp.layer(j).outPoint - thisComp.frameDuration / 2;
	mySizew =3D thisComp.layer(j).width;
	mySizeh =3D thisComp.layer(j).height;
	myTime =3D thisComp.layer(j).timeToFrames(t =3D time + =
thisComp.displayStartTime-myIn, fps =3D 1.0 / thisComp.frameDuration, =
isDuration =3D false);
   if (myIn <=3D time && myOut >=3D time && j !=3D index){
      if (myString.length =3D=3D 0){
           // if 'myString' is empty//
           myString =3D thisComp.layer(j).name ;
		=09
      }else{
           //if 'myString' has value then add carriage return and add =
next value//
           myString =3D myString + "\r" + thisComp.layer(j).name;
      }
   }
}
myString;


Yeah, I know it's ugly.
But it should work.


Tobias Lind
tobias@tobiaslind.com


On Apr 23, 2013, at 17:33 , J Bills <jbillsnews@flickfx.com> wrote:

> Hi all - is there a magic expression out there that I could use to do =
a text "burn in" on some footage that is an image sequence?  I did some =
stop motion tests, and I've got camera raws and jpegs that I'd like to =
easily identify in my quicktimes that I'm kicking out from the shoot.
>=20
> So, you know, frame 50 of my comp might be "img_5523.jpg" - would be =
great to be able to put a text slug overlay that displays the exact =
frame of the image sequence.  And also, it might be useful to have the =
entire path of the sequence too, and be able to split out the folder =
name with a lindex or something.
>=20
> Any ideas?  I can do it manually by animating numbers and things but =
it's clunky.
>=20
> Thanks!
> -J