In this month’s newsletter, we are going to look at two examples of flags that can be used in your data source to manipulate dynamic layers with Templater® in After Effects.
For these examples, we are going to reference a few segments from one of our users recent videos (Keith Hopkin) . His full video is available at the bottom of this article.
Swap Composition
For our first flag example, Keith demonstrates how to update the source of a dynamic pre-comp layer with another pre-comp item in the Project window. In Templater’s connected Google Sheet, he wraps the name of the desired pre-comp source item with double-braces. This flags Templater to find that pre-comp item in the Project window and set it to be the source of the dynamic pre-comp layer.
Toggle Visibility
In our second flag example, Keith toggles the visibility a dynamic layer by typing “{{off}}” or “{{on}}” within the Google Sheet.
Flags are just one way to control Templater from your data source. We recommend checking out the support article on Reserved Column Names as well.
And as promised, below is Keith’s full video tutorial.
