• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Using layers source name ?

  Posted by Anders Hattne on September 1, 2014 at 4:18 pm

  Hello!
  Is it possible to use a layer’s Source name in an expression?
  The layer’s “layer name” is “1 a” and many others are called so as well, so I’m trying to use it’s source name (which will be unique) in order to controll an animation.

  …also
  The expression I’m using is in a nested comp, and I’m also trying to get the name of the composition where the current one is nested in. Is that possible?

  Many thanks!

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  Dan Ebberts replied 11 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Dan Ebberts

  September 1, 2014 at 4:57 pm

  You can get a layer’s source name (if it has one) like this:

  thisComp.layer(“1”).source.name

  An expression can only access another comp by name, so no, there’s no way for an expression to access the outer comp, then get its name.

  Dan

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