Duplicate the “Stroke” in any Vector Group via Scripting

[Andrei Popa]

This should work

app.beginUndoGroup("myScript");
var myLayers = comp.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++) {
    tryStroke(myLayers[i].property("ADBE Root Vectors Group"))
}
function tryStroke(prop) {
    for (var j = 1; j <= prop.numProperties; j++) {
        var subProp = prop.property(j);
        if (subProp.numProperties) {
            tryStroke(subProp)
        } else {
            if (subProp.matchName == "ADBE Vector Graphic - Stroke") {
                subProp.duplicate();
            }
        }
    }
}
app.endUndoGroup();    

[Vincenzo Imbimbo]

Hello Andrei, thanks for your reply, unfortunately i’m still getting the same result (nothing happens), i don’t know if there’s a different approach to this, i want to duplicate the stroke of any selected layer (for every vector group) and then change the color of each stroke (assign 1 color to stroke 1 and another color to stroke 2).

[Andrei Popa]

Hey. Sorry, I did not test the code. Here is a working version. I changed the second for, because it was going infinite loop

app.beginUndoGroup("myScript");
var myLayers = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++) {
    tryStroke(myLayers[i].property("ADBE Root Vectors Group"))
}
function tryStroke(prop) {
    for (var j = prop.numProperties; j >= 1; j--) {
        var subProp = prop.property(j);
        if (subProp.numProperties) {
            $.writeln(subProp.name)
            tryStroke(subProp)
        }
            if (subProp.matchName == "ADBE Vector Graphic - Stroke") {
                subProp.duplicate();
            }
    }
}
app.endUndoGroup(); 

[Vincenzo Imbimbo]

Thank you! This works perfectly, but is there any way to just duplicate it one time? I don’t want to duplicate everytime i press the button, something like “if this layer has Vector Groups with Stroke 1 and Stroke 2 then DON’T duplicate strokes”?

[Vincenzo Imbimbo]

Also, i’m trying to change the colors but i can’t figure it out how to access to “Stroke 1” and “Stroke 2”, i tried this:

if (subProp.matchName == “ADBE Vector Graphic – Stroke”) {

subProp.duplicate();

subProp.content(“Stroke 1”).color.setValue([0,0,0]);

subProp.content(“Stroke 2”).color.setValue([1,1,1]);

}

But is not working 🙁

[Andrei Popa]

This should work

app.beginUndoGroup("myScript");
var myLayers = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++) {
    tryStroke(myLayers[i].property("ADBE Root Vectors Group"))
}
function tryStroke(prop) {
    for (var j = prop.numProperties; j >= 1; j--) {
        var subProp = prop.property(j);
        if (subProp.numProperties) {
            $.writeln(subProp.name)
            tryStroke(subProp)
        }
        if (subProp.matchName == "ADBE Vector Graphic - Stroke" && !subProp.parentProperty("Stroke 2")) {
            subProp("ADBE Vector Stroke Color").setValue([0, 0, 0]);
            var str2 = subProp.duplicate();
            str2("ADBE Vector Stroke Color").setValue([1, 1, 1]);
        }
    }
}
app.endUndoGroup(); 

[Vincenzo Imbimbo]

Thank you Andrei!! That is exactly what i need it, you are the best!