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Couldn’t find layer…that is there
Hey friends,
I’m working on a project that keeps giving me an error I don’t understand. I understand how to read the error I just don’t get why it’s happening.
Here is the expression used on a layers scale property:
temp = comp(“montage”).layer(“Controller”).effect(“Scale FG”)(“Slider”);
[temp,temp]Here is the error:
After Effects warning: Bad argument: couldn’t find layer named “Controller”
Expression Disabled.Error occurred at line 1.
Comp: ‘photo mix”
Layer: 2 (‘people’)
Property: ‘Scale’Simple enough right? No. The issue I’m having is the layer “Controller” does exist. It’s one step up from the nested comp. I have even pick-whipped to it to make sure syntax is ok, and it is still telling me it’s missing.
The top layer of the project has a bunch pre-comps all called “montage.” Every pre-comp has the exact same syntax, could this be throwing things off? Having the same name?
Please help.
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6 Replies
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Along the same lines can I turn something like
comp(“montage”).layer(“pic control”)
into something like
thisComp.parentComp.layer(“pic control”)
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Yup. It will check the first “montage” comp it encounters in the project bin for a layer named “Controller”. If it doesn’t find the layer in that comp, you’ll get the error.
edit: Actually, it might be the last one it encounters. Same issue though.
Dan
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Nope. No way to get to a comp’s parent comp except by name.
Dan
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Thanks Dan.
Is there any way to look into folders in the bin from the same expression?
As usual, you are a rockstar!
– Matt
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No. You can do it with a script (in a round-about way), but not an expression.
Dan
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Hi Dan,
You really saved my day!!! That was exactly the right solution for my problem here!
Just wanted to say thanks!
So – Thanks 😉
regs Rolf
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