after effects jsx reset position

[Cam Holland]

I need a quick way to reset the position of a selected layer to 0,0.
I found this jsx script:
https://github.com/kyletmartinez/After-Effects-Scripts/blob/bb0c5f7ce7584457fc8c58bb070c37e15f86918d/scripts/Zero%20Position.jsx

which zero’s the position but creates a null to do so.

*I just want to change the x and y values back to 0 like a reset position function*

(Its for a character rig / head rotation layer that I constantly need to reset to 0 so i can make changes to the default position of the head and then move the x y coordinates to see if the change was successful.)
I can then add this .jsx file to a kbar icon and then it would be super fast fixing my character rigs in the future.

thank you and it would save me so much time if someone had a solution. not much of a coder but can copy paste and understand with trial and error.

[Filip Vandueren]

You can add an animation preset to Kbar I believe ?

Then set the value of position to 0,0 manually, select the property and create an animation preset of this. So, no scripting is needed.

A scripting solution would use:

yourLayer.transform.position.setValue([0,0]);

but you’d first need to establish what “yourLayer” is.

[Cam Holland]

Thank you, although the scripting looks like it would work, kbar has a animation preset option through a .ffx, but I have no idea how to create a .ffx for it to point to. I created a .ffx file in wordpad with your code but doenst work. looking at other .ffx formats there is a bunch more code needed for it to work it seems.
KBAR can apply effect from effects tab , apply preset (through a .ffx file), set expression, invoke menu item, open extension, jsx file, run scriptlet, run shell command.

I tried your code with my layer name for scriptlet and as a jsx and ffx file but doesnt work.
Any ideas what this needs to work?

[Filip Vandueren]

Hi Cam, see here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/effects-animation-presets-overview.html#save_an_animation_preset

[Cam Holland]

Thank you solved the issue. works perfectly. Champ. 😁