• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Apply a preset to a specific layer depending on drop down selection

  Posted by Matt Volp on May 9, 2017 at 9:58 am

  So, I have a drop down box created by a pseudo effect plugin.

  It’s options are:
  1. None
  2. Preset 1
  3. Preset 2

  I want to know whether it is possible, through the use of a switch statement, to apply a custom preset to another layer when either option 2 or 3 is chosen. When none is chosen, I want nothing to happen.

  The custom presets are stored in the Adobe presets folder.

  So far I have the following switch statement:

  var num = effect(“Design Preset”)(“Popup”).value;
  switch(num){

  case 1:
  //nothing
  break;
  case 2:
  //apply preset 1
  break;
  case 3:
  //apply preset 2
  break;
  }

  Is this possible?

  Xavier Gomez replied 9 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
• 1 Reply

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  Xavier Gomez

  May 10, 2017 at 7:50 am

  It’s not.

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