u/pacey-j

I want to start researching a Lofoten trip, would love some pointers on how to keep it affordable as Norway's gonna Norge all my budget if I'm not careful. I don't have a price in mind, but can tell you I don't want to sleep in a car to give an idea of what my minimum requirements are. Are guides necessary if your winter/general navigation skills are good? Can you multi day via municipal huts? How about access at start and end or do you plot a loop? France has the Toponeige book series for a lot of routes by region. Is there a similar bible or series for Norway?

I DJ a lot but surprisingly never breakbeat given how much I loved it as a young'un. Then I heard

Baile DF - BOYS NOIZE & Adame DJ

And thought, goddamn I want to do a breaks set! My knowledge of the genre is old though. I'm talking Plump DJs, Stanton Warrior, Shire T and not much else. I will play a fair bit of old school breaks and can get inspired by Fabric Live...

But if anyone fancies sharing some tracks I'd be very grateful!

I have an otherwise fast v PC. Have been using C4D since r12 and this is the slowest it has ever opened. What gives?! Lucky I'm not working on anything that crashes it a lot or I would be going insane.

It deletes any layer that's visibility is turned off, which isn't referenced by expressions or parenting. Very useful KBar button to clean up messy comps especially with monstrous DUIK / RubberHose comps but useful everywhere.

An actual good use for AI. I'm sure the code could be cleaner, but this was made by Gemini in 2s, then revised twice to get the right result and add a job complete report with how many layers it killed.

to use, don't be a dick and try to monetise it. If anyone wants to turn it into a scriptUI box feel free just let me know!

Free.

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Code:

(function() {

var comp = app.project.activeItem;

if (!(comp instanceof CompItem)) {

alert("Please select a composition first.");

return;

}

app.beginUndoGroup("Remove Unused Hidden Layers");

var layers = comp.layers;

var layersToRemove = [];

// Helper: Check if layer is a parent to any VISIBLE layer

function isParentToVisible(layerIndex) {

for (var i = 1; i <= layers.length; i++) {

if (layers[i].enabled && layers[i].parent && layers[i].parent.index === layerIndex) {

return true;

}

}

return false;

}

// Helper: Check if layer is referenced in expressions of VISIBLE layers

function isReferencedByVisibleExpression(layerName) {

for (var i = 1; i <= layers.length; i++) {

if (layers[i].enabled && checkPropertiesForRef(layers[i], layerName)) {

return true;

}

}

return false;

}

function checkPropertiesForRef(propParent, layerName) {

for (var i = 1; i <= propParent.numProperties; i++) {

var prop = propParent.property(i);

if (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.PROPERTY && prop.canSetExpression && prop.expressionEnabled) {

if (prop.expression.indexOf('"' + layerName + '"') !== -1 || prop.expression.indexOf("'" + layerName + "'") !== -1) {

return true;

}

} else if (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.INDEXED_GROUP || prop.propertyType === PropertyType.NAMED_GROUP) {

if (checkPropertiesForRef(prop, layerName)) return true;

}

}

return false;

}

// Identify targets

for (var j = 1; j <= layers.length; j++) {

var currentLayer = layers[j];

// Only target layers that are hidden (eyeball off)

if (currentLayer.enabled) continue;

var hasParentRef = isParentToVisible(j);

var hasExpressionRef = isReferencedByVisibleExpression(currentLayer.name);

if (!hasParentRef && !hasExpressionRef) {

layersToRemove.push(currentLayer);

}

}

// Execution

var count = layersToRemove.length;

for (var k = 0; k < count; k++) {

layersToRemove[k].remove();

}

app.endUndoGroup();

// Final Report Box

if (count === 0) {

alert("Cleanup Complete\n\nNo unused hidden layers were found.");

} else {

alert("Cleanup Complete\n\nSuccessfully removed " + count + " layers.");

}

})();