Hey Everyone,
Within our animation pipeline, we need to keep scenes cut on an even number of frames. Is there a way to limit extending lengths of panels in a scene to total an even number?
This would really help our work flow!
Please let me know!
Best,
Nicole
Good morning Nicole,
I created a script the other day allowing you to add 2 buttons to your Scripting toolbar to increase and reduce duration on even frames.
To add a script, you can see the documentation here:
And here is the script. I hope this helps!
Marie-Eve
function up2Frames(){
//var init
var sm = SelectionManager();
var sbm = StoryboardManager();
var panel = sm.getPanelSelection();
//Loops through the selected panels.
for(n = 0; n < panel.length; n++){
//Gets the panel duration
var duration = sbm.getPanelDuration(panel[n]);
//checks if the frame is divisble by 2.
if(duration % 2 === 0 ){
//jumps to the next 2 frames
sbm.setPanelDuration(panel[n], duration + 2);
}else{
//Moves to the next multiple of 2
sbm.setPanelDuration(panel[n], Math.ceil(duration/2.0) * 2);
}//END OF IF
}//END OF FOR
}//END OF FUNCTION
function down2Frames(){
//var init
var sm = SelectionManager();
var sbm = StoryboardManager();
var panel = sm.getPanelSelection();
//Loops through the selected panels.
for(n = 0; n < panel.length; n++){
//Gets the panel duration
var duration = sbm.getPanelDuration(panel[n]);
//checks if the frame is divisble by 2.
if(duration % 2 === 0 ){
//jumps back 2 frames
sbm.setPanelDuration(panel[n], duration - 2);
}else{
//Moves back to the previous multiple of 2
sbm.setPanelDuration(panel[n], Math.floor(duration/2.0) * 2);
}//END OF IF
}//END OF FOR
}//END OF FUNCTION