keen_SetDuration
Here’s a quick After Effects script that sets the duration of selected layers in a comp to a specified number of frames. Each layers’ in points will be untouched; the out points will be adjusted....
View ArticleCustom WATCHOUT keyboard shortcuts
I love hotkeys. Most software power users do — it’s almost always faster to press a key on the keyboard than it is to find a GUI element with the mouse or navigate a menu system. I love Dataton...
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Premiere Pro’s Linear Compositing and Single-Source Cross Dissolves
Adobe’s Premiere Pro CC has a feature called linear compositing, which changes the math for blending partially transparent pixels (using no gamma curve, or a gamma value of 1.0) and makes compositing...
View ArticleAfter Effects Script: Center Layer in Active Camera’s View
(UPDATE from July 16, 2014: This script has been superseded by keen_3dLayerTools [link], a new version with more features.) In After Effects, when you promote a layer from 2D to 3D, it will seem to...
View ArticleCustom WATCHOUT hotkeys v2
Here’s a new version of my custom WATCHOUT hotkey bindings, bringing several much-needed keyboard improvements to the WATCHOUT Production software. Version 2 adds a little bit of After Effects...
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Suppress After Effects save-on-crash
After Effects has a very useful feature wherein it attempts to save your project if it detects a crash. However, in certain cases where you’re really pushing the envelope or trying to troubleshoot a...
View ArticleAfter Effects Script: keen_3dLayerTools
I previously published a script which centers and orients layers to the active camera [link]. Building on that, I’ve published a new version which also adds a tool for promoting 2D layers to 3D in the...
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keen-UncleMatte
If you have a lot of track matte layers and want to manage their selection, or if you want to precompose the matte and fill layers, here’s keen-UncleMatte: Selection and precomposing should work as...
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keen-TrimRemap
In After Effects, when you enable Time Remapping for a layer, it automatically sets two keyframes: one at the media start and one at the media end, irrespective of how you may have trimmed the layer....
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