Comp marker at timeline cursor?

[acafilipovic]

Hi is it possible to create comp at the current comp and the marker on it to be on the current position of the timeline cursor?

[UQg · Accepted solution]

See the section "Scripting Access to comp Markers" here : After Effects CC 2017 (14.0) New Scripting Functionality

As the thread title says, you'll need AE CC 2017, it wont work in previous versions.

Note: the current timeline cursor position can be accessed through : comp.time

Xavier

[acafilipovic]

Thank you Xavier for the fast response.

So, maybe it's trivial question, but I'm new at extendscript,

how can I snap the beginning of comp to a current timeline cursor in the older versions of AE?

I couldn't find the answer on the web.

[UQg]

Sorry, i dont get it. What do you mean by "snap the beginning of a comp to cursor".

[acafilipovic]

Hi Xavier,

When my script create comp in the current comp,

is it possible to place it on the timeline cursor position and not at the beginning of current comp?

[UQg]

It works like for any footage:

var comp = app.project.item(1);

var footage = app.project.item(2);

var layer = comp.layers.add(footage);

layer.startTime = comp.time;

footage can be anything that can be added to a composition from the project panel, including (pre)compositions.

Xavier

[acafilipovic]

Thank you Xavier. That's it. Appreciate your time.