From: "Zack Lovatt" Received: from mail-yk0-f172.google.com ([209.85.160.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5500860 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:40:33 +0200 Received: by mail-yk0-f172.google.com with SMTP id 142so2351479ykq.17 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:40:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=7I1WPJuxumOiAhDOMqE6ObxK0vIE06ZQ5ws1qaf2nQI=; b=H63Rj8Qf+H3Euh3rn2ggla0OWtOBbmxUoSyBX/EXoP/Bd4Xj3LK7WlMLyiH3Z7Pw/s zQRAIG2fGd5CMOc1z8zl4/Bj1ykPNDivX0NgTSxCxG0XfYHAkrv57vaHvzj9UBpk32EH DMDmfODou0HBVks7GgE5BQMyPLgRv18q6WWP1bja0UwgKLopqtdDkpPtl9ZeEJd6em6Q 5DNvQSd28JYhaAnFBeRvRnrrzmtBKmxCvH1Q/4BaNQld4p8Yuc0ybsoJD+DfkKjeu7hW gvvbRMNRNZI+17BWFymS61hwejh6gTP+hSqx5KPSEt/tmovRGhJQdghYea1IkqLlJM8R TqPA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk8lQA8SAqiJygXqjO8APaHhcpKQ66DDQHARvaQghywzyN8pk897n8gC7kcJVVyzdiSmi8m X-Received: by 10.236.201.108 with SMTP id a72mr7004962yho.9.1402684832650; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:40:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.170.94.66 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:39:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [75.119.238.150] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:39:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Save preset without specifying property? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158c4802eb3ff04fbbc03aa --089e0158c4802eb3ff04fbbc03aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rick-- that's precisely how I built it out, built around pickwhip after the fact-- was just hoping it was an unnecessary precaution! Thanks for the tips! Zack Lovatt 416.786.4129 www.zacklovatt.com On 13 June 2014 13:59, Rick Gerard wrote: > Animation must be tied to a property to be saved as an animation preset. = I > have a fairly big library of raw expressions, I think there about 150 of > them, in a a Google Doc Spreadsheet with descriptions and keywords so I c= an > find them easily. I also have about 200 custom presets in a drop box fold= er > with an alias so all of my animation presets are in sync on all my > machines. This way, no matter where I am I don=E2=80=99t have to start fr= om scratch > for most expressions. > > Here=E2=80=99s my workflow for my =E2=80=98universal=E2=80=99 animation p= resets. Apply the raw > expression to the appropriate expression control, angle, point, color, > slider stored on a null. Then you can pickwhip whatever property you want > to the expression controller. > > Rick Gerard > Sacramento CA > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --089e0158c4802eb3ff04fbbc03aa Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Rick-- that's precisely how I built it out, built arou= nd pickwhip after the fact-- was just hoping it was an unnecessary precauti= on! Thanks for the tips!

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Zack Lovatt
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On 13 June 2014 13:59, Rick Gerard <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Animation must be tied to a property to be saved as an animation preset. I = have a fairly big library of raw expressions, I think there about 150 of th= em, in a a Google Doc Spreadsheet with descriptions and keywords so I can f= ind them easily. I also have about 200 custom presets in a drop box folder = with an alias so all of my animation presets are in sync on all my machines= . This way, no matter where I am I don=E2=80=99t have to start from scratch= for most expressions.

Here=E2=80=99s my workflow for my =E2=80=98universal=E2=80=99 animation pre= sets. Apply the raw expression to the appropriate expression control, angle= , point, color, slider stored on a null. Then you can pickwhip whatever pro= perty you want to the expression controller.

Rick Gerard
Sacramento CA
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