Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #63161
From: angie@angietaylor.co.uk <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Re: [AE] Find Z position on timeline
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:53:11 +0100
To: After Effects Mail List Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Can’t find a script that searches for values but there’s one that searches for keyframes so . . . 
A workaround could be this;

Separate the XYand Z position values.
Add an expression to the Z position value - no need to do anything to it, just a default expression.
Then convert the expression to keyframes - this will add a keyframe to each frame.
Then use this script to find the keyframe with the magic Z value.
Once you’re done, delete all the keyframes.



cheers,

Angie

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On 22 Sep 2017, at 01:58, Stephen van Vuuren <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Okay, no luck hunting around. I have yet another comp for film with zoom from center of Milky Way, 6 minutes long with z values set in stone with start and end keyframes only, z values are massive (quadrillions) to preserve relative differences with things like Earth and moon.
 
The background layers of the Milky Way have been done for some time, locked and pre-rendered. Now I need to place objects like nebula, planets etc. I have spreadsheet that gives me the correct AE z value but I have to find it on the timelines and stepping through 1 frame at a time is tedious. I need to “search” for that z value and have timeline cursor go spot on timelines with that z value.
 
Please tell me this script exists.
 
best,
Stephen
 
stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777
 
 
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