• Adobe After Effects

  AE Scripting : Removing a specific effect by matchName

  Posted by Rigel Elizaga on August 20, 2021 at 9:44 pm

  Hey there!
  I’m trying to write a code where I can erase a specific Pseudo Effect using matchNames,
  I know I need to define :

  thisEffect

  but how?

  Here’s my trial :

  {
    var comp = app.project.activeItem;
    var getEffects;
    for (var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++){
        getEffects= myComp.layer(i).Effects;
        for (j = getEffects.numProperties; j > 0; j--){
          if(thisEffect.matchName == "Pseudo/matchName") {
            getEffects.property(j).remove();
            }
        }
    }
  }

  It says “thisEffect” is undefined.

  Walter Soyka replied 4 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
• 1 Reply

• 

  Walter Soyka

  August 24, 2021 at 9:01 pm

  In that code snippet, you never define myComp (should just be ‘comp’) or thisEffect (should reference something from ‘getEffects’) , so Ae doesn’t know what to do.

  This code should work — let me know if you have any questions!

  {
      var comp = app.project.activeItem;
      var getEffects;
      for (var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++) {
          getEffects = comp.layer(i).Effects;
          for (var j = getEffects.numProperties; j > 0; j--) {
              if (getEffects.property(j).matchName == "Pseudo/matchName") {
                  getEffects.property(j).remove();
              }
          }
      }
  }

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