• Adobe After Effects

  Can you fix my Script?

  Posted by Mariano Garcia on July 31, 2019 at 6:02 pm

  Hello! I’m trying to create an After Effects script that changes the position of the first layer of every comp in my project.

  Here’s my current script:
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  var theComp = app.project.items;

  var theLayer = theComp.layer(1);

  var changePos = theLayer.position;

  changePos.setValue([540.0,1005.0,0.0]);

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  It works when I put “activeItem” but not with “Items”

  Tomas Bumbulevičius replied 7 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tomas Bumbulevičius

  August 1, 2019 at 8:55 am

  Hey Mariano, there is no such direct object access as ‘items’.

  What you need to do instead:
  1. Loop through all project items or some specific of your choice (containing in some project panel folder or selection)
  2. Check if the type of an item is a comp.
  3. Do the action as above.

  Find out more:
  After Effects Tutorials: motion design, expressions, scripting.
  Boxer – Dynamic Text Boxes Template with a Live Preview

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