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checking if a camera is 1 node or 2 node by expression ?
I’m trying to have an expression include an if/else to be able to account for whether a camera in the comp is 1 node or 2 nodes. I don’t think there is any way to access any kind of “Camera Type” property so I was wondering is there a way to check whether the first parameter under transforms is Point of Interest or Position – or to check whether there are 5 or 6 Transform parameters on the camera (either of which would effectively tell me which camera type it is…) But so far I haven’t figured a way to do that either… any suggestions ? Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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[Dirk de Jong] “so I was wondering is there a way to check whether the first parameter under transforms is Point of Interest or Position – or to check whether there are 5 or 6 Transform parameters on the camera (either of which would effectively tell me which camera type it is…)”
actually on further testing I found that
thisComp.layer(“camera name”).transform(1).name ;
gives me the param name but it seems that Point of Interest is always at the index1 spot in camera transforms (it’s just hidden and disabled for 1 node cameras) so this might not be a successful strategy for distinguishing camera type after all… other ideas most welcome… -
It looks like accessing the POI will generate an error with a one-node camera, so you should be able to use that with try/catch like this source text expression example:
try{
thisComp.layer("Camera 1").transform.pointOfInterest;
"Two-Node Camera";
}catch (err){
"One-Node Camera";
}
Dan
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[Dan Ebberts] “It looks like accessing the POI will generate an error with a one-node camera, so you should be able to use that with try/catch “
yes I was aware of the potential errors for sure (it doesn’t show up as “null” but it gives missing errors) – great idea – that seems like it will work for me – thanks a lot
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