SS - After Effects Camera Export

By: simplsam

Published: Jan 14 2022, 14:58

All Editions Downloads: 970

Unique IP Downloads: 970

Export Camera property & keyframe data to clipboard, ready for pasting to After Effects

Category: Camera

Published: Jan 14 2022, 14:58

Last Edited: Jan 14 2022, 14:58

Created for Moho Version: 12.2

Returned Version: 2.0 #520114

Edition Downloads: 970

SimplSam's AE Camera Export tool allows you to export Camera property & keyframe data to the clipboard, ready for pasting directly to Adobe After Effects.

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It was designed as an upgrade / companion to the excellent earlier DS Camera to AE tool - created by David F. Sandberg (aka. ponysmasher) - https://www.dauid.com - discussed here: https://lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18091

... and complements it with these new & alternate features:

- Instantly Saves Camera data to the Clipboard (instead of a file); ready for pasting
- Can be run as a Button or Menu Tool
- Reduces data size by eliminating redundant keyframes (does not bake multiple keyframes if the property only has a single value)
- Has a modular code refactor

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So ... Why do you need AE Camera Export ?

The tool allows the efficient sharing of Camera configuration and keyframed positioning information from Moho to After Effects, which helps greatly when your animation workflow (finalizing, SFXing or compositing) includes one or more trips from Moho -> Ae. Thus allowing Camera movement & properties to be easily synchronized (one-way).

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How do I get set up ?

* To use:

  - Run the AE Camera Export+ tool from the Tools palette or Menu location
  - If you need to view/amend the data before passing to AE, you can paste into a Excel/Spreadsheet or Text editor

Options & Features

** Currently there are no options

Notes & Limitations

There appears to be a bug in AS11 which limits the size of text passed to the Clipboard to 4096 bytes. Thus AS11 is not fully compatible with this tool.

Because the 'DS Camera to AE' tool fully baked the Camera movement (wrote every possible keyframe), it would always overwrite all previous settings. This tool is keyframe data optimized and only writes required keyframes. So you may occasionally need to clear old-keyframes (deselect the stop-watches or delete keyframes) before use.

Additional Notes:

* Compatible/Tested with MH12+
* Optimized for MH12+

Special Thanks to:

* David F. Sandberg (ponysmasher) -- https://www.dauid.com
* Stan (and the team): MOHO Scripting -- https://mohoscripting.com
* The friendly faces @ Lost Marble Moho forum -- https://www.lostmarble.com/forum/

The script is supplied with the following files:

Icons and cursors:

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This type of script can be installed as a Button or a Menu Script ?


This script, and all other scripts on this site are distributed as free software under the GNU General Public License 3.0 or later.

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