🎬 After Effects Shot Numbers Script

This is a utility script for Adobe After Effects that generates a guide text layer displaying the names of selected layers (typically shot numbers) directly in your comp. It automatically creates Source Text keyframes at each layer’s inPoint, so the on-screen reference updates in sync with your edit.

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✨ What It Does

• Select any number of layers in your comp (e.g., SHOT_010, SHOT_020, SHOT_030).
• Run the script.
• A new guide text layer named ShotRef is created at the top of your comp.
• At each selected layer’s inPoint, a Hold keyframe is added so the text changes to that layer’s name.
• The text layer is marked as a Guide Layer, so it’s visible in the comp viewer but will not render in your final output.

Example timeline behavior:

• From 0:00 to 0:05 → displays SHOT_010
• From 0:05 to 0:12 → displays SHOT_020
• From 0:12 onward → displays SHOT_030

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📥 Installation

1. Copy shotNumbers.jsx to your After Effects Scripts folder: