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Control AV layer Blend Modes from scriptUI
I’ve been searching all day for an answer to this but I can’t seem to find one, which leads me to believe my situation is really unique or there just isn’t a way to do this.
I frequently am rendering out anatomical still shots from Maya, and compositing the .EXR files in AE. The (relatively) new .EXR importer automation is great, gets me all the layers separated easy peasy. The problem is after that. I’m often working with at least 20 separate, non-sequential still shots at once, and going through and setting each render layer blending mode for each .exr is effing tedious. For organizational purposes, putting all the layers in the top comp and selecting all of them there is a no go, as I would end up going through about 120 layers on average, setting them, and then having to figure out which ones go where after that.
I can automate setting the opacity, layer styles, effects, etc based on search terms and layer names (ie: all “diffuse_direct” layers get 70% opacity), but I can’t say, set all those to “screen” or “soft light” etc without doing it manually.
Best solution I have is to search and select certain layers with a button press in a panel, then manually change all the selected to the desired blending mode, but I would like to just have it do all that for me with a single button press.
Is that even possible? Is there a setValue type function that can access that?
Thanks.
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app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0].blendingMode = BlendingMode.ADD;
List of available values. You can use either the text OR the number.
BlendingMode.ADD – 5220
BlendingMode.ALPHA_ADD – 5244
BlendingMode.CLASSIC_COLOR_BURN – 5219
BlendingMode.CLASSIC_COLOR_DODGE – 5225
BlendingMode.CLASSIC_DIFFERENCE – 5234
BlendingMode.COLOR – 5238
BlendingMode.COLOR_BURN – 5218
BlendingMode.COLOR_DODGE – 5224
BlendingMode.DANCING_DISSOLVE – 5214
BlendingMode.DARKEN – 5215
BlendingMode.DARKER_COLOR – 5247
BlendingMode.DIFFERENCE – 5233
BlendingMode.DISSOLVE – 5213
BlendingMode.DIVIDE – 5249
BlendingMode.EXCLUSION – 5235
BlendingMode.HARD_LIGHT – 5228
BlendingMode.HARD_MIX – 5232
BlendingMode.HUE – 5236
BlendingMode.LIGHTEN – 5221
BlendingMode.LIGHTER_COLOR – 5246
BlendingMode.LINEAR_BURN – 5217
BlendingMode.LINEAR_DODGE – 5223
BlendingMode.LINEAR_LIGHT – 5229
BlendingMode.LUMINESCENT_PREMUL – 5245
BlendingMode.LUMINOSITY – 5239
BlendingMode.MULTIPLY – 5216
BlendingMode.NORMAL – 5212
BlendingMode.OVERLAY – 5226
BlendingMode.PIN_LIGHT – 5231
BlendingMode.SATURATION – 5237
BlendingMode.SCREEN – 5222
BlendingMode.SUBTRACT – 5248
BlendingMode.SILHOUETE_ALPHA – 5242
BlendingMode.SILHOUETTE_LUMA – 5243
BlendingMode.STENCIL_ALPHA – 5240
BlendingMode.SOFT_LIGHT – 5227
BlendingMode.STENCIL_LUMA – 5241
BlendingMode.SUBTRACT – 5248
BlendingMode.VIVID_LIGHT – 5230
By now you may think I am a wizard :D. Actually, I use this document a lot. Just go in, search blending mode. I, however, came up with the number values with my own method. So I am half a wizard.
Take care!
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Ah thank you! I’ll give it a try. I just couldn’t find the right syntax or method to set the blending modes. I’ve got access to a bunch of the scripting documents (including the one you shared), I must have been searching the wrong terms haha.
Thanks again! I’ll let you know if this does what I need!
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