Dataclay Team's articles
Building custom After Effects scripts in-house vs using Templater
A script you wrote yourself is the right tool when the job has one input, one output and one owner,…
How to Handle Webhook Callbacks From a Render Service in a Production Application
A webhook callback from a render service should be handled as a notice that something changed, not as a final…
How to Handle Dirty or Incomplete Data Without Producing Broken Output Videos
A broken video made with Templater almost always traces back to a row of data, which breaks it when it…
How Franchise Dealers Balance Brand Standards and Local Messaging in One Ad
A franchise dealer ad has two owners, and the trick is to stop them from editing the same pixels. The…
Essential Properties promotion: what gets exposed and what the primary comp’s values do
When you promote a property to the Essential Properties panel, Templater can drive it from a data source, but only…
Why Essential Properties on a nested pre-comp do not behave the way you expect
Essential Properties on a nested pre-comp look like they should behave like any other property you can address by name.…
