• Adobe After Effects

  Create a new solid with composition size with javascript

  Posted by Mário Pereira on October 29, 2016 at 5:04 pm

  Hi all,

  I’ve searched everywhere and I can’t find a proper solution for what I want to accomplish.

  I created a script that creates a new solid in my active composition that is automatically named “matte” and has the RGB values set to “0 255 0”, also it changes the layer label color automatically, the javascript is as follows:

  app.project.activeItem.layers.addSolid([0,255,0], “matte”, 1920, 1080, 1).label = 16;

  I would like the width, height and aspect ration of this layer to be whatever the active composition size is instead of it having a pre-defined value, can anyone help?

  Thanks in advance!

  Mário Pereira

  Paola Cuellar replied 9 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  October 31, 2016 at 1:05 pm

  width = app.project.activeItem.width;
height = app.project.activeItem.height;
pixelAspect = app.project.activeItem.pixelAspect;
app.project.activeItem.layers.addSolid([0,255,0], "matte", width, height, pixelAspect).label = 16;

  Walter Soyka
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  Mário Pereira

  November 1, 2016 at 12:56 am

  Thank you very much Walter thats exactly what I needed ?

  Regards!

  Mário Pereira
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  Paola Cuellar

  November 1, 2016 at 1:23 am

  I am having problems with compositions too. I bought a video template where you can just replace pictures but two of the compositions is linked to one picture so when i replace one picture for one composition it changes the other composition as well and I cant find out or can find any help online.

  Can you help me?

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