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  • An expression on “saturation”

    Posted by Lucia Bastenhof on November 19, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    Hi ! 🙂

    I’m trying to make an expression on the saturation (which is into ColorBalance-TLS). I write “saturation”, at the place I wrote “scale”, “opacity”… but this word seems not to be recognized !
    I work on a french version of AE, but the expressions remains in english. But I checked it : the english translation for “saturation” (french) is… saturation !!

    So, could you tell me what I have to write instead of “saturation” ? I tried with “saturate”, with “sature”, but it didn’t work.

    Thank you very much for helping ! 🙂

    Lucia Bastenhof replied 18 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Dan Ebberts

    November 20, 2007 at 12:20 am

    You should be able to use the pick whip to generate the syntax. This is what I get:

    thisComp.layer(“Layer 1”).effect(“Color Balance (HLS)”)(“Saturation”)

    Dan

  • Lucia Bastenhof

    November 20, 2007 at 3:00 pm

    Thank you for your answer, Dan.

    I tried what you proposed, but unfortunately it doesn’t work : writing ” effect(“Color Balance (HLS)”)(“Saturation”)
    ” at the place of “scale”, “opacity” or else, I’m given this message :
    Impossible to find the effect named “Color Balance (HLS)”

    I don’t understand why… Do you have an idea ??

    Thanks ! 🙂

  • Dan Ebberts

    November 20, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    French vs English maybe? Did you try using the pick whip? It should generate the correct syntax for the version you’re using.

    Dan

  • Lucia Bastenhof

    November 20, 2007 at 3:32 pm

    Sorry, I had to tell you I don’t know what is the pick whip… But it seems to be very interesting !! 😉
    Maybe you can explain its function in a few words, and I will try to find it in my french version ?

  • Dan Ebberts

    November 20, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    When you first create an expression (by Alt+clicking) you start out in edit mode. If you click on the little spiral thing (near the “=” that disables the expression) and drag it to some property, the property will become highlighted. When you let go of the mouse, the text necessary to reference that property will be inserted into your expression. Try it – it should solve your problem.

    Dan

  • Lucia Bastenhof

    November 20, 2007 at 4:31 pm

    HOW STUPID I AM !! :))
    The pick whip was the solution !! 🙂 I didn’t even think to use it ! You were right !

    The right name was :
    effect(“Balance des couleurs (TLS)”)(“Saturation”)
    (written in french into an english language… All mixed !!)

    Thank you for the idea ! (and for your patience… 🙂

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