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  • Bad argument:couldn’t find layer…

    Posted by Peter Vyrostko on December 11, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Hi,

    somehow I got this error message on every expression from a nested composition.
    I have a parent(master)composition with an adjustment layer containing expression controlers over the effects in the nested compositions. All the controlers refers to a compositions with a different names, no duplicated compositions To some point it worked perfectly.
    Suddenly I got the error message for all the expressions used in master composition….Bad argument:couldn’t find layer…
    I get this message even if I directly use expression whip to link it directly to the effect slider.
    I recently updated to CS4 from CS2, and I don’t know if this is some feature I accidentally had turned off.

    any suggestions ?

    thanks

    comp("Master").layer("Efekty").effect("Glow Opacity")("Slider")

    Peter Vyrostko replied 16 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Dan Ebberts

    December 11, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    Can you cause this to happen every time, or does it seem to be random?

    Dan

  • Peter Vyrostko

    December 12, 2009 at 11:28 am

    I actually have solved this.
    Using capital letters confuses CS4.
    After renaming all the compositions it worked.
    I recently upgraded from CS2 to CS4, and I never experienced this.

    I kind of expect to experience various problems, since I always use capital letter in names of compositions and layers…

    Any fix to this ?
    I am using win7

    Thanks
    Peter

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