• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Selected Layer

  Posted by Dmitry Baranau on January 1, 2021 at 6:17 pm

  Hello everyone, can anyone help me. How to select a layer below and a layer above with script. For example:

  Layer1

  Layer2

  Layer3

  We’re on layer2, how to select only layer3 below or just layer1 above. Thanks a lot for your help.

  My code is like this:

  var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;

  var selectedIndex = activeItem.selectedLayers [0] .index-1;

  activeItem.layer (selectedIndex) .selected = true;

  He should select the layer above. But it selects the current layer and the layer above, two layers at once.

  Dmitry Baranau replied 5 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Dan Ebberts

  January 1, 2021 at 6:23 pm

  Maybe like this:

  var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;
  var selectedIndex = activeItem.selectedLayers [0].index;
  activeItem.layer (selectedIndex-1).selected = true;
  activeItem.layer (selectedIndex).selected = false;
• 

  Dmitry Baranau

  January 1, 2021 at 6:25 pm

  Thank you!!!! Happy New Year!

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