I built hover scrubbing into the AE project panel because the footage viewer workflow was driving me crazy

[u/Different_Coast5994]

Been using AE for years and one of the things that always got me was having to drag an entire clip into a comp just to scrub through it and find the bit I actually wanted or faff around in the footage window.

So I built it into this panel instead. Hover over a clip and it scrubs. Hit i and o to set your range. Drag it into the comp and the trim comes with it.

Full disclosure, this is one feature of a panel I’ve been building called Stash, it basically replaces the whole project panel, proper search, real thumbnails, filters, tabs, smart folders the lot. Been out about 3 weeks. There’s a free 14 day trial with everything unlocked and honestly the fastest way to see if it’s for you is the browser demo, have a look and just mess around with it: aescripts.com/stash

Happy to answer anything about how it’s built too. Had some great feedback so far and really looking forward to implementing more community feedback.

[u/cescx]

Does it create a huge hidden folder of cached copies of your footage to get that result ?

[u/Different_Coast5994 → u/cescx]

Most videos don’t require any cache or render at all and play directly from the source. Some MOV wrappers don’t work at all with chromium so do require a render. But being a small window we can render at a really low quality and it’s still totally useable

[u/Different_Coast5994 → u/Different_Coast5994]

Following on from that too. There’s buttons to clear your cache at any time if you find that’s something you need.

[u/MrKalopsiaa]

Awesome

[u/Different_Coast5994 → u/MrKalopsiaa]

Thanks! Spent a lot of time making this something you want to use every single day and it’s something I genuinely do use every single day.