Bug report: MoGRTs and Libraries
When you click "Export Motion Graphics Template..." in the AE Essential Graphics panel, the "Libraries" panel opens in your workspace, re-arranging all your panels. This is very annoying for anyone who doesn't use Libraries and breaks workspaces every.single.time.you.export.a.mogrt.
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Mograph Mindset
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Hi Jessica,
Thanks for the thorough response. I would prefer the drop-down list solution you've described, with a secondary dialog/pop-out for Libraries destinations. I think that's the clearest and least disruptive workflow.
Thanks for adding to the backlog, and I hope this is something that gets patched in a future release! -
Jess McMillan (AE Dev @ Adobe)
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Hello Mograph Mindest,
In this particular case it is a bit of a design limitation of the Libraries panel that we can not access the destination library options (get a list of what libraries you have that we could save to) without the panel being open since it is a CEP panel and the request for paths is to the panel. Unless you are proposing that the drop down list would only have Libraries and then some new dialog or new popup would show up with a list of libraries destinations? There might be some issues with that for timing of population for destinations... but is something to think about.
A set it and forget it option in preferences though is very much possible, and probably more likely for an easy solution that doesn't change workflows/expectations of the process. Likely this preference starting state would show libraries locations as a default since we have been shipping with this functionality. If creators had to enable libraries as a destination that might cause greater confusion than giving options to disable the libraries destination.
I will enter it into our backlog for consideration. Thanks for taking the time to submit this request. Feel free to respond back if you have any further thoughts to add.
All the best,
Jessica -
Mograph Mindset
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Hi Jessica,
Thanks for the reply! Yes, a "set-it-and-forget-it" option within Preferences would be a workaround.
Alternatively, the "Libraries" panel could be designed to open when the user selected "Export Motion Graphics Template..." > "Destination" > "My Library". They could then select their Library destination.I think the default behavior should never do unexpected things. Actions like this feel like bugs, instead of a designed feature.
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Jess McMillan (AE Dev @ Adobe)
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Hello Mograph Mindest,
Unfortunately, in order to get a list of destinations from libraries, that panel needs to be open. I understand that it sounds like you do not want to export to libraries, so an alternative solution would be needed. Would a preference option for mogrt export stating that you do not want to export to libraries (or some effect there to) be a potential option that would interest you?
All the best,
Jessica McMillan