• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  How to add effects to shape groups with extendscript?

  Posted by Sébastien Lavoie on January 9, 2014 at 6:36 pm

  As answered in this thread https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/227/22281, to add something such as fill or gradient to a shape group I have to use:

  
  shapeGroup.property("Contents").addProperty("ADBE Vector Graphic - Fill");
  

  But now what if I’d want to add a repeater or a Pucker and Bloat for example?

  
  shapeGroup.property("Contents").addProperty("ADBE Vector ??? - Repeater");
  

  Thanks in advance

  Sébastien Lavoie replied 12 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

• 

  Dan Ebberts

  January 9, 2014 at 7:11 pm

  Try these:

  addProperty(“ADBE Vector Filter – Repeater”)

  addProperty(“ADBE Vector Filter – PB”)

  Dan
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  Sébastien Lavoie

  January 9, 2014 at 7:16 pm

  Filter! That’s the word I was searching for, thanks a lot!

  So I presume all two words filters names such as Wiggle Path and Zig Zag would end up initialized?

  Like:

  Wiggle Path -> WG
  Zig Zag -> ZZ
• 

  Dan Ebberts

  January 9, 2014 at 7:40 pm

  Not exactly:

  Gradient Fill = “ADBE Vector Graphic – G-Fill”
  Gradient Stroke = “ADBE Vector Graphic – G-Stroke”
  Merge Paths = “ADBE Vector Filter – Merge”
  Offset Paths = “ADBE Vector Filter – Offset”
  Round Corners = “ADBE Vector Filter – RC”
  Trim Paths = “ADBE Vector Filter – Trim”
  Wiggle Paths = “ADBE Vector Filter – Roughen”
  Wiggle Transform = “ADBE Vector Filter – Wiggler”
  Zig Zag = “ADBE Vector Filter – Zigzag”

  You should get your hands on Jeff Almasol’s wonderful rd_GimmePropPath script from his redefinery site (although it looks like it’s closed now for updates).

  Dan
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  Sébastien Lavoie

  January 9, 2014 at 7:50 pm

  Wow thanks I could’ve never figured that out by myself! (couldn’t find it in the documentation)

  Thanks also for the rd_GimmePropPath, I found it on Github (https://github.com/N1ckFG/ITP_OpenSourceAnimation/blob/master/Day%2008/Scripts/ScriptUI%20Panels/rd_GimmePropPath.jsx), I wished I knew about this script before!

  Cheers

  Seb

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