• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Expression to access a layer’s 3D material’s ‘Accepts Lights’

  Posted by Paul Roper on January 18, 2012 at 7:13 pm

  Hello.

  I’m trying to link a bunch of layers’ 3D material’s ‘Accepts Lights’ option to a checkbox, but this (along with casts shadows and accepts shadows) is a non-keyframeable option. But is there a way to access this though some kinda magical layer property expression?

  Thanks,

  Paul

  Paul Roper replied 14 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Dan Ebberts

  January 18, 2012 at 8:11 pm

  You can access it like this:

  comp(“Comp 1”).layer(“Medium Red Solid 1”)(“Material Options”)(“Accepts Lights”)

  but you can only read it, you can’t control it.

  Dan
• 

  Paul Roper

  January 18, 2012 at 9:08 pm

  Thanks Dan…I suspected it might not be controllable, but was secretly hoping you, being The Undisputed King of Expressions, might reply with some kind of magical hack!

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up