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| Your approach with expressions is exactly how to do it. An application / plugin that does this exact thing is on my "todo" list. If you're on a Mac, have a look at "Shape Collage" app. It does this task pretty well, and allows you to save the result to psd. Disclaimer: I don't own the full version so I haven't had a chance to look at any psd files it exports to see how it would import into AE. > On Dec 18, 2013, at 6:33 PM, "Chris Zwar" <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for a way to randomly position a bunch of layers inside any given shape. The shape could be either an image or a mask. > > Does anyone know of a script that can do this that's already around? > > I can do it with expressions but the only way I can think of is to use a loop, and check the source layer using the 'sampleImage' function and keep looping random values until one works. This will be a very slow process? > > Doing it with a script may be just as slow but a lot easier to work with as it only needs to be run once. > > Any other suggestions? > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
