• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Linking Text Sources based on Comp and Layer Numbers

  Posted by Daniel Gillies on February 7, 2019 at 9:34 pm

  I have a set of Comps for a series of title cards, “1_Name Template,” “2_Name Template,” “3_Name Template,” etc…

  I am attempting to parse the number from each comp name, and pull Source Text from “Name Title Comp” from layers named,

  “1_Name” and “1_Title”

  “2_Name” and “2_Title”

  I can’t quite figure out how to port an expressed number value into a layer name.

  Pardon my lack of eloquence, I’m fairly new to this and having a hard time describing my efforts.

  Thanks!

  compNum = parseInt(thisComp.name);

  comp("Name Title Comp").layer(compNum"_Name").text.sourceText

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  Daniel Gillies replied 7 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  February 7, 2019 at 10:45 pm

  I think I’d do it like this:

  compNum = thisComp.name.split(“_”)[0];
  comp(“Name Title Comp”).layer(compNum + “_Name”).text.sourceText

  Dan
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  Daniel Gillies

  February 8, 2019 at 7:18 pm

  Worked fantastically, Thanks so much!

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