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What is Auto Crop?

Installing

Auto Crop automatically crops your pre-comp to t its contents. You can choose Auto Crop which will

crop based on the current frame or Crop Duration which will look at every frame between the pre-comps in

and out points. There is also a third type of crop, Mask Crop which resizes your pre-comp based on a mask

applied to it.

1. In the .zip le you downloaded, you will see the Auto Crop.jsxbin le. Copy and paste this le into the

ScriptUI folder for your version of After Effects (This script works with versions CS3 and up, however you

may have some issues with the Crop Duration progressbar in CS3)

Mac: ~/Applications/Adobe After Effects YOUR VERSION/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels

Windows: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects YOUR VERSION/Support Files/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels

2. Now start up After Effects. You will see Auto Crop.jsxbin at the bottom of the Window menu. Select it to

open the Auto Crop panel.

Auto Crop

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Using Auto Crop is simple. In order for it to run, you must have a pre-comp (nested composition) in your

current timeline. To run Auto Crop, just select the pre-comp and choose from either Auto Crop, Crop

Duration or Mask Crop.

Auto Crop Options:

Auto Crop:

The rst option will crop your layer based on the current time. If there is no animation within your

pre-comp, this is a good option. Your pre-comp will be resized to the smallest possible dimensions while

keeping all visible layers in view. If your pre-comps layers are animated, your layers may move in andout of frame. In version 2.1.3, you can now Auto Crop multiple layers at once.

Crop Duration:

This is a good option to use if you do have animation within your pre-comp. Crop Duration will go

through and evaluate each frame of your precomp between its in and out points and crop based on all

frames. This means that even if your layers move around, they will not be cut off.

Using Auto Crop

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If you have any question, issues or suggestions for improving Auto Crop please leave a comment on the

BatchFrame Blog, or send me an email using the contact formor by emailing

contact@batchframe.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Crop Duration runs on each frame of your pre-comp. This means that if your pre-comp

is very long, it will take a long time to complete the process. You will get a progressbar to indicate the

amount that has been completed, but due to the processor intensive caluculations that are being done,

you may notice poor preformance in the progessbar. Often times the script is still running correctly, butthe progress is just not updating. The progress is also shown in the info panel which seems to update

properly most of the time.

Mask Crop:

To use mask crop, you must have at least on mask applied to your pre-comp. If you only have

one mask applied, it will be used by default. If you have multiple masks, a dialog will appear for you to

choose the desired mask. Once a mask is chosen, to crop will take place.

Ignore Masks:

This option only affects Auto Crop and Crop Duration. Any masks applied to the layer are

turned off so that the crop is working on the entire layer, not just the masked portion. Masks arereapplied after crop is complete.

Delete Mask:

This option only applies to Mask Crop. By default, the mask that is used for the crop will be

deleted once the crop has taken place. Unchecking this option will leave the crop mask on the layer.

Previous Crop Info Section:

This panel will display information on how the crop was applied to your layer by showing you the

amount of pixels removed from each side as well as a before and after resolution.

This script is provided AS IS without and guatantees or warranty.

Although the author has attempted to nd and correct any issues in the script, Jesse Toula and Batch

Frame are not responsible for damages or losses of any kind from the use of this script.

Jesse Toula and Batch Frame are under no obligation to provide any support, service, corrections or

upgrades to the free script.

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