So I have a folder of images that i’d like to load into a layout1 operator, I was thinking using a replicator to do this by creating moviefilein tops and using a chopexec1 to reference the image files and load it on the created replicator tops.
Is this the right way to go about it? Just wondering because my method seems like a bit of work, and chances are theres probably better solutions out there.
The layout1 would basically use a grid layout using the Grid Rows parameter for the Align property.
this is a way to go but no need to use execute DATs for this. Use a Folder DAT to get a list of all the pictures you want to load. This then can also be used as the Template DAT Table for the Replicator COMP.
Your master operator should be a Movie File In TOP where the File parameter should become a expression referencing the right row in the Folder DAT - something like:
op('null1')[me.digits,'path']
The me.digits takes the number in the name of the created replicant and uses it as the lookup into the table holding all your images.
Your Layout TOP now could reference all the replicated Movie File In TOPs by their name - like item*
