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AE Scripting – Shy / Reveal all Comps globally in a project?

Posted by Casey Drogin on March 1, 2022 at 10:14 pm
So I’m writing a script, my goal being to have a window where I can press the “Shy Button” on every comp throughout the entire project.

As of right now, I’ve written the script to work inside of any active composition, both to Shy and Reveal. However, I’m having trouble writing it so that it runs through every single composition in the AEP and sets “hideShyLayers” to “true.”

I’ve attached my script as a .txt file. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it! I think it might be a “for” loop, but not entirely sure.
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// Hide / Reveal all Shy layers var myWindow = new Window("palette", "Shy Script", undefined); // Create first line of text myWindow.orientation = "column"; var text = myWindow.add("staticText", undefined, "Hide or Reveal layers throughout your Project"); // Create Group for a Row of 2 buttons var group = myWindow.add("group", undefined, ""); group.orientation = "row"; // Place each button inside the group, which is already nested inside myWindow var buttonOne = group.add("button", undefined, "Shy"); var buttonTwo = group.add("button", undefined, "Reveal"); // Opens the window center screen myWindow.center(); myWindow.show(); // Click Action of Button 1 buttonOne.onClick = function() { shyLayers(); // this is pointing at the function defined below } // Click Action of Button 02 buttonTwo.onClick = function() { revealLayers(); } // Function for button 01 - Shy Layers function shyLayers(){ if(app.project.activeItem == null) { // If no Comp Selected, provide error alert("No Comp Selected"); return false; } var composition = app.project.activeItem; var shy = composition.hideShyLayers = true; // turns the Shy layer on!!!!!!!!!!! } // Function for button 02 - Reveal Layers function revealLayers(){ if(app.project.activeItem == null) { // If no Comp Selected, provide error alert("No Comp Selected"); return false; } var composition = app.project.activeItem; var shy = composition.hideShyLayers = false; // turns the Shy layer off!!!!!!!!!!! }

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Casey Drogin replied 4 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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Dan Ebberts

March 1, 2022 at 11:08 pm

This is a little function that should set hideShyLayers to true in every comp:

function shyAllComps(){
	for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
		if (app.project.item(i) instanceof CompItem){
			app.project.item(i).hideShyLayers = true;
		}
	}
}

Casey Drogin
March 1, 2022 at 11:24 pm

Dan – worked like an absolute charm. I’m working in a massive project right now and this is a lifesaver. Thank you!!!

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