Return-Path: Received: from [207.46.163.203] (HELO na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5329334 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:06:04 +0100 Received: from BY2PR02MB316.namprd02.prod.outlook.com (10.141.140.156) by BY2PR02MB315.namprd02.prod.outlook.com (10.141.140.154) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.842.7; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:08:59 +0000 Received: from BY2PR02MB316.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.141.140.156]) by BY2PR02MB316.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ([10.141.140.156]) with mapi id 15.00.0842.003; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:08:59 +0000 From: Todd Kopriva To: After Effects Mail List Subject: RE: [AE] two layers with the same name in AE CC Thread-Topic: [AE] two layers with the same name in AE CC Thread-Index: Ac7ly7DADgyGjTuZR1eRf2ej6zeUiwckTIxA Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:08:57 +0000 Message-ID: <6e30af0bd7c74daf8beeacdd628e1fe0@BY2PR02MB316.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [24.143.96.198] x-forefront-prvs: 007271867D x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10019001)(199002)(189002)(24454002)(377454003)(53754006)(77982001)(83072002)(65816001)(80022001)(19580395003)(19609705001)(66066001)(81686001)(59766001)(87266001)(15975445006)(19300405004)(79102001)(15202345003)(81342001)(56776001)(85852003)(85306002)(54316002)(81542001)(80976001)(81816001)(63696002)(15198665003)(74366001)(87936001)(74316001)(46102001)(49866001)(47736001)(50986001)(47976001)(4396001)(74706001)(54356001)(76482001)(74876001)(53806001)(74662001)(83322001)(47446002)(19580405001)(74502001)(33646001)(31966008)(16601075003)(76796001)(76786001)(90146001)(56816005)(51856001)(69226001)(16236675002)(76576001)(15395725003)(2656002)(24736002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1102;SCL:1;SRVR:BY2PR02MB315;H:BY2PR02MB316.namprd02.prod.outlook.com;CLIP:24.143.96.198;FPR:;RD:InfoNoRecords;A:1;MX:1;LANG:en; Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_6e30af0bd7c74daf8beeacdd628e1fe0BY2PR02MB316namprd02pro_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: adobe.com --_000_6e30af0bd7c74daf8beeacdd628e1fe0BY2PR02MB316namprd02pro_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Now that After Effects CC (12.2) has been out for a little while with a fix= for this... How is the new version working for you? Does the new behavior in After Effe= cts CC (12.2) meet your needs? http://adobe.ly/AE_CC_12dot2_details "Layer names are not forced to be unique. When using the Copy With Property= Links command or using the expression pick whip, layer names are still mad= e to be unique." From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of= Mathias M=F6hl Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:37 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] two layers with the same name in AE CC Ok, thank you all for the quick help. In the long term, it would be great to have something like: - by default new/duplicated layers get a unique name - if you manually rename them to the original name, a confirm message (with= an "don't show this again") informs you about what side effects this will = have. Cheers, Mathias Would be On 19.11.2013, at 20:14, rendernyc > wrote: thats new in 12.1 i believe. i find it a big pain in my workflow as well and i dont believe there is a w= ay to disable it 12.1 added "copy with property links" so now when use that feature it makes= sure that there arent two layers with the same name On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Mathias M=F6hl > wrote: Hi everyone, I just tried to create two layers with the same name (say "Test") but AE di= sallows it and automatically renames the second one "Test 2". Even if I try= to explicitly rename it to "Test" again. Why is this and is there any way to avoid this behavior? With CS6 it works = fine. I did some scripts for a client that need some layers have the same name. cheers, Mathias ________________________________ mamoworld.com simplify your cgi dr. mathias m=F6hl marlow 52 , 18551 sagard, germany phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61 info@mamoworld.com -- danny princz vimeo.com/rendernyc ________________________________ mamoworld.com simplify your cgi dr. mathias m=F6hl marlow 52 , 18551 sagard, germany phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61 info@mamoworld.com --_000_6e30af0bd7c74daf8beeacdd628e1fe0BY2PR02MB316namprd02pro_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Now that After Effects CC= (12.2) has been out for a little while with a fix for this...

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How is the new version wo= rking for you? Does the new behavior in After Effects CC (12.2) meet your n= eeds?

http://adobe.ly/AE_CC_12dot2_details=

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“Layer names are not forced to be unique. When= using the Copy With Property Links command or using the expression pick whip, layer = names are still made to be unique.”=

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From: After Ef= fects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Mathias M=F6hl
Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 00:37
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] two layers with the same name in AE CC<= /span>

 

Ok, thank you all for the quick help.

In the long term, it would be great to have somethin= g like:

- by default new/duplicated layers get a unique name=

- if you manually rename them to the original name, = a confirm message (with an "don't show this again") informs you a= bout what side effects this will have.

 

Cheers,

Mathias

 

Would be 

On 19.11.2013, at 20:14, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:



thats new in 12.1 i believe.

i find it a big pain in my workflow as well and i do= nt believe there is a way to disable it

12.1 added "copy with property links" so n= ow when use that feature it makes sure that there arent two layers with the= same name

 

 

 

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Mathias M=F6hl <= ;info@mamoworld.com= > wrote:

Hi everyone,

 

I just tried to create two layers with the same name= (say "Test") but AE disallows it and automatically renames the s= econd one "Test 2". Even if I try to explicitly rename it to &quo= t;Test" again.

 

Why is this and is there any way to avoid this behav= ior? With CS6 it works fine.

 

I did some scripts for a client that need some layer= s have the same name.

 

cheers,

Mathias

 

mamoworld.com
simplify your cgi<= /p>

dr. mathias m=F6hl
marlow 52 , 18551 sagard, germany
phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com<= /a>

 



 

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mamoworld.com
simplify your cgi

dr. mathias m=F6hl
marlow 52 , 18551 sagard, germany
phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com

 

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