From: "Zack Lovatt" Received: from mail-ed1-f43.google.com ([209.85.208.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7499181 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:29:31 +0100 Received: by mail-ed1-f43.google.com with SMTP id e10so16845974edv.9 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:29:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zacklovatt-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=77QzhtUVdKs8H9CkeGv2sW46mfqu8FqcbOOwpIvnIwo=; b=GdwAKyS0jAytN5uf2B01M6otQheSByB1EGfjxezoiTeTFjkNdxmRJ6gszYtWW7y8Hh kPGutB0t4RLZRNI5djGeEqN+ta8hFmdN/xN6WunXegwflq8Tg/sXOgumXWEo/Xm1n6ml aDFRCR2XxDckLOyzMIJCQwc92h2qKxai+5CfQj3M6bWkN4OG8AIODXM/Gf5rWhs3pO8j jojPNuv/DZSL1Nt1MXNrhacBYsESexc/99PGSmZoEhsrZDOSNlUBeHOwOwWRQCw6OeE5 EIezmROt297EMMXL5/CmBnq0epJMjslMzN53udp3qr1hO/nQMNwqy5wIhGUoFNy0s2zX fqRA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=77QzhtUVdKs8H9CkeGv2sW46mfqu8FqcbOOwpIvnIwo=; b=ossNnWzx67/nIaWNUA4QTy8MoM1rHUqvCQFe68dtjKkHJr+p5AuW2eILHpR1UhjbWa WO0p2/4QrWx90kZJk2wjfnporLt1/BbJU1l1yEDiXxVWwcFMN6zyBtAv2F52mRIGk1CP LiYMFrGUI7TWhHKeQ3pzc2dY/neSzZcL2ftE7kB30FHMOSiPqNf/VH60Y0W9b0wvs1aP Tqm07fHtdDciLgh6c/AnSyFnducgJY6iaDb1/FRrtES7unydBPYgCXNFyHzL7jEnESJC 15WmhQqX4EOCSRzxkEaOOmxueCXGf7aJ+oO/JW9kdrLu/Rww90h6CEb1enesJy3FQuu5 TOsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWFQ0PRdsh444MmPdkLKrjG8BIBEjIvc4Ks94FU67kQ2aGqv5Xy W8h6HimfP+Julz6ZGlHowWW5uzOaBoAqyX/8wiSmcWAr0wFW X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzV0zk6zayrbYx/3f5tG0tzqD7Brl0UhHH3h1lj05QoWNCAykVB+xmmGIPRs66J3vYQvDtWU8rC5kiJD0FUsKE= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:af99:: with SMTP id mj25mr5259879ejb.293.1580261370834; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:29:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:28:54 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Lock Transforms To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a94400059d3d4509" --000000000000a94400059d3d4509 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Easy NYOP script for this-- https://aescripts.com/lockproperties/ On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:38 PM Phil Spitler wrote: > One hack is to add an expression with the current transform values. > > I often do this for opacity. > > If I have a bunch of keyframes on opacity I just an expression that is > =E2=80=9C100=E2=80=99 then my layer will always be at 100% regardless if = the keyframes. > Once I=E2=80=99m done I can disable the expression. > > Phil > > > > > [image: bonfire-logo] > Phil Spitler Creative Technologist > t 415.394.8200 <1-415-394-8200> c 415.571.3139 <1-415-571-3139> > > > > > > > On Jan 28, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > > I can understand this too, because locking a layer is too restrictive. If > a layer is locked, you can=E2=80=99t click on it and use keyboard shortcu= ts to > reveal effects and other transform properties - even just to look at them= . > It=E2=80=99s so 2nd nature to click on a layer and press =E2=80=98e=E2=80= =99 to see the effects, or > =E2=80=98p=E2=80=99 to show it=E2=80=99s position. If it=E2=80=99s locke= d you can=E2=80=99t do that. > > So are you proposing that you can lock the transform properties only? Yo= u > could extend this feature request to be able to lock individual aspects o= f > a layer, and not the entire layer itself. You could lock the effects but > not transforms, for example=E2=80=A6 or just lock the masks. It would be= less > frustrating that the current lock feature. > > Go ahead, request it: > https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects > > -Chris > > On 29 Jan 2020, at 11:01 am, Tim Sassoon wrote: > > Th entire time I=E2=80=99ve used After Effects (quite a while), I=E2=80= =99ve wanted a > check box to lock transforms on a layer, so that when I started getting > tired and suddenly realize that I=E2=80=99ve been holding the arrow key d= own for > the past thirty seconds, I=E2=80=99m not sending my base layer into outer= space. > > > Tim Sassoon > Venice, CA > > > > > > > > --000000000000a94400059d3d4509 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Easy NYOP script for this--=C2=A0 https://aescripts.com/loc= kproperties/=C2=A0=C2=A0


On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:38 PM Phil Sp= itler <AE-List@media-motion.t= v> wrote:
One hack is to add an expression= with the current transform values.

I often do this for = opacity.

If I have a bunch of keyframes on opacity= I just an expression that is =E2=80=9C100=E2=80=99 then my layer will alwa= ys be at 100% regardless if the keyframes. Once I=E2=80=99m done I can disa= ble the expression.

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On Jan 28, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Chris = Zwar <AE-Li= st@media-motion.tv> wrote:

I can understand this too, because locking a layer is too re= strictive. If a layer is locked, you can=E2=80=99t click on it and use keyb= oard shortcuts to reveal effects and other transform properties - even just= to look at them. It=E2=80=99s so 2nd nature to click on a layer and press = =E2=80=98e=E2=80=99 to see the effects, or =E2=80=98p=E2=80=99 to show it= =E2=80=99s position.=C2=A0 If it=E2=80=99s locked you can=E2=80=99t do that= .

So are you proposing that you can lock the transform p= roperties only?=C2=A0 You could extend this feature request to be able to l= ock individual aspects of a layer, and not the entire layer itself.=C2=A0 Y= ou could lock the effects but not transforms, for example=E2=80=A6 or just = lock the masks.=C2=A0 It would be less frustrating that the current lock fe= ature.


-Chris

On 29 J= an 2020, at 11:01 am, Tim Sassoon <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Th entire time I=E2=80=99ve use= d After Effects (quite a while), I=E2=80=99ve wanted a check box to lock tr= ansforms on a layer, so that when I started getting tired and suddenly real= ize that I=E2=80=99ve been holding the arrow key down for the past thirty s= econds, I=E2=80=99m not sending my base layer into outer space.


Tim Sassoon
Venice, CA


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