Key Combinations

⌨️ ⌘/Ctrl + click offsets layers based on the last input without UI

Timing

  • Offset: the number of frames between one layer, or one group, and the next
  • Layer Group: this many layers move together as one step. 1 gives every layer its own step
  • Spacing: "Linear" makes equal steps, "Ease In" starts with small steps, "Ease Out" starts with big steps
  • Jitter: up to this many frames are added to or taken from each step, at random. 0 switches it off

Mode

  • Offset Layers: moves the layers in time, so each starts one step after the one before
  • Trim Start: trims the in points in steps. The out points stay where they are
  • Trim End: trims the out points in steps, counting back from the latest out point. The in points stay where they are
  • Sequence: places the layers end to end. Offset is the gap between them, and Spacing is not used
  • Start at the playhead: the first layer starts at the current time. With Trim End it ends there. When it is off, the steps start from the earliest selected layer

Buttons

  • Ascending: the top layer starts first, then down the stack
  • Descending: the bottom layer starts first, then up the stack
  • Random: the layers start in a random order
  • Selected: the layers start in the order you selected them

How to use

  1. Select the layers you want to offset
  2. Run the tool
  3. Enter the number of frames in Offset, and set Layer Group, Spacing and Jitter if you need them
  4. Pick what should happen in the Mode list
  5. Click Ascending, Descending, Random or Selected. The button sets the order and runs the tool at once

Note

💡 Time-reversed layers are left as they are. The result shows at the bottom of the window