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Get Deformed Shape Path Data
Hi there,
Is it possible to get resulting data from Shape layer path, that has operators applied, such as Merge and WigglePaths, to be fed into another ShapePath/MaskPath property. Call it “code level precompose”.
Alternatively, are there code snippets that would emulate those vector filters?What I am after is to use Scribble effect on a MaskPath, that has those deformations, or whatever scribbly result that would work on shape directly.
Thanks,
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Hi Nils,
There’s no way to do that directly.
Some effects can be mimicked with expressions, for example by simulating our own Wiggle Paths/Wiggle Transforms via a createPath() expression.
But merging Paths is not do-able I think. For one, it’s very hard to program that logic into an expression, and apart from that: 1 Path property must always just contain one “string” of vertices, not a compound path such as can be created with a merge/subtract operation…
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Hi Filip,
Thank you for your answer, yet the news You’ve brought were kind of sad. 🙂
Having an intermediate knowledge of AFX expressions, I was inspired by CreateNullsFromPaths script and https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/matchnames/layer/shapelayer.html and was hoping there is something esoteric, like
…(“ADBE Root Vectors Group”)(1)(“ADBE Vectors Group”)(1)(“ADBE Vector Shape”)…
with some magic of
…(ADBE Vector Filter – Roughen)…
and
…points()
that would output the data that is being rendered.I suspected some wiggly things could be done with createPath(), and then, from what you say, I conclude I should work with masks directly, as Scribble supports mask modes, and I would be able to simulate boolean behavior.
ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev
Shape Layer Match Names — After Effects Scripting Guide 22.3.0 documentation
Shape Layer Match Names — After Effects Scripting Guide 22.3.0 documentation
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