<p>Hello Fellow VFX / Motion Designers,</p>

<p>I have spent a large amount of time going in circles trying to self-solve this one but time on the project is running low on time so I must ask the elder hive-mind for advice / assistance.</p>

<p><em>I have a finalized marker-based-animation master composition that I need to template and build out.</em></p>

<p><strong>The issue I am facing is that I cannot sync the 'root' Null layer's comments to the comments of their companion-nested-control Nulls.</strong></p>

<p><strong>There is 3 markers in total for each Nested Null - I only need to change the value of the middle / second ones</strong> </p>

<p>Structure Example:</p>

<pre><code> # Master Comp Layers

  - [NULL] Outer Control A.1 &gt; {Source for Null A.2}
   - Animation In Marker - Comment: "My Content"

  - [COMP] # Nested Animation A &gt; [Hidden/Shiied for organization sake]
    - [NULL] Inner Control A.2 &gt; {Target for Null A.1}
      - Timeline In Marker - Comment: [Blank]
      - Animation In Marker - Comment: "My Content"
      - Animation Out Marker - Comment: [Blank] or " " 
</code></pre>

<p>I have tried a few of the free marker plugin's and available expressions to no avail - I think I'm missing something obvious here. They will copy and paste ad-hoc - but I need to setup a long-term link / sync here.</p>

<p>Is there a way to clone a layer's marker's via script? Or is there a plugin that can set this up for me? </p>

<p><em>Full disclosure: Of course - I do have to keep project overhead fairly low so I'd prefer a native / free-plugin way to do this.</em></p>

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2019-08-21T01:38:50.363Z
So you want to copy the comments from the outer null to the second inner null?
stib
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2019-08-21T14:55:00.153Z
Ideally - just not manually more then once and not every time I update. I have many nested compositions here and I'd prefer not to drill down through them all every single time to edit the source marker.


Edit: I've seen applications where marker comments dictate what marker is used from a sub-comp. 


Given marker comments are open for expression I was hoping there was a script or otherwise expression that I could apply that would automatically feed the comment text from my outer null to the inner nested null.


Edit 2: I'm sorry for formatting - I can't line break in the comment
spaceleviathan
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How to sync Markers Comments between root Control Null & nested-in-comp-Null / Layer
spaceleviathan
# How to sync Markers Comments between root Control Null & nested-in-comp-Null / Layer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-19)

Hello Fellow VFX / Motion Designers,
I have spent a large amount of time going in circles trying to self-solve this one but time on the project is running low on time so I must ask the elder hive-mind for advice / assistance.
I have a finalized marker-based-animation master composition that I need to template and build out.
The issue I am facing is that I cannot sync the 'root' Null layer's comments to the comments of their companion-nested-control Nulls.
There is 3 markers in total for each Nested Null - I only need to change the value of the middle / second ones 
Structure Example:
 # Master Comp Layers

  - [NULL] Outer Control A.1 > {Source for Null A.2}
   - Animation In Marker - Comment: "My Content"

  - [COMP] # Nested Animation A > [Hidden/Shiied for organization sake]
    - [NULL] Inner Control A.2 > {Target for Null A.1}
      - Timeline In Marker - Comment: [Blank]
      - Animation In Marker - Comment: "My Content"
      - Animation Out Marker - Comment: [Blank] or " " 

I have tried a few of the free marker plugin's and available expressions to no avail - I think I'm missing something obvious here. They will copy and paste ad-hoc - but I need to setup a long-term link / sync here.
Is there a way to clone a layer's marker's via script? Or is there a plugin that can set this up for me? 
Full disclosure: Of course - I do have to keep project overhead fairly low so I'd prefer a native / free-plugin way to do this.

**Tags:** after-effects, animation, after-effects-expressions, automation, after-effects-scripting

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: So you want to copy the comments from the outer null to the second inner null?  
> **username_0**: Ideally - just not manually more then once and not every time I update. I have many nested compositions here and I'd prefer not to drill down through them all every single time to edit the source marker.   Edit: I've seen applications where marker comments dictate what marker is used from a sub-comp.    Given marker comments are open for expression I was hoping there was a script or otherwise expression that I could apply that would automatically feed the comment text from my outer null to the inner nested null.   Edit 2: I'm sorry for formatting - I can't line break in the comment  

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