Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #54300
From:
Teddy Gage <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject:
Re: [AE] Save preset without specifying property?
Date:
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:16:20 -0400
To:
After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Interesting. Maybe just by attaching the expressions to a null expression slider effect and saving that as a preset, which could then be linked to directly or cut and pasted between elements?
For internal use, that or other solutions would be fine-- but so is my Evernote database of expressions and all.
I mean more to convert some of these into presets to put available online & share on my site, as opposed to my current method of providing AEPs & the expression itself. Looking for a better way to package it all up!
It's my understanding it has to be tied to a specific effect property, but I can't confirm right now. However there is a plugin / scripting language called Hyle that can do this, it's actually quite amazing and worth a look. I mainly use it for easily editable dynamic project templates but it's so much more powerful than that. I did get it on sale for $40 so it may be a bit expensive for this one task, but the workflow optimizations alone are worth it IMO
Trying to universalize some expressions of mine for conversion to presets, and running into a roadblock.
Is it possible to save a 'raw' expression as a preset, so that you can apply it to any selected property? Or can you only save it as a preset if the expression is applied to a specific property?
As a practical example, say I have some amazing wiggle settings I want to save. Do I have to save it as applied to a layer's 'position', and then copy+paste it elsewhere afterwards, or can I save it raw and just apply it to the properties I'd like to as I go?