• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  using layer’s name instead of index

  Posted by Ryan Chan on October 24, 2014 at 4:05 am

  hiya, i want to know how can i link up the value thru expression for layers using their layer name rather than index number. say, i have a layer called TEXT 1 and want to follow the position of another layer called Null 1, without considering their layer order inside a comp, just because their layer name ended with “1”. and so on, TEXT 2 will follow Null 2, TEXT 3 will follow Null 3…….

  thanks
  Ryan

  Ryan Chan replied 11 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  October 24, 2014 at 5:41 am

  If the names are in that format (“Text 1”, “Null 1″, etc.), you could do something like this:

  myNum = name.split(” “)[1];
  myNull = thisComp.layer(“Null ” + myNum);
  myNull.position;

  Dan
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  Ryan Chan

  October 24, 2014 at 6:00 am

  Wow, Yes, Great, thanks again Dan
  cheers
  ryan

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