• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Change position of one composition layer inside a composition

  Posted by Vaibhav Vohra on May 9, 2020 at 7:28 pm

  I have just started learning extendscript to create scripts for after effects.

  i want to know if i have created a composition “A” and added 3 compositions in it “E” “F” “G”
  and now i want to change the position of “F” composition only.
  So is there a way i can do that with the name of the layer?
  from index i know it will be done, but from the name of the composition is it possible?

  Vaibhav Vohra replied 6 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Andrei Popa

  May 10, 2020 at 8:05 am

  If composition F is already in composition A, and composition A is open, you can use this:

  app.project.activeItem.layer("F").position.setValue([100,100])

  Andrei
  My Envato portfolio.
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  Vaibhav Vohra

  May 10, 2020 at 10:41 am

  Thanks Andrei Popa.
  Yes composition “F” is already in composition “A” but it is not open.
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  Andrei Popa

  May 10, 2020 at 12:25 pm

  Just replace app.project.activeItem with the variable that holds the composition A.

  Andrei
  My Envato portfolio.
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  Vaibhav Vohra

  May 10, 2020 at 1:45 pm

  Thanks alot.

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