Powering off an effect in several compositions

[Meng Zhiqun]

Someone asked about this not too long ago.

I replied with a script. You can see it here.

https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/script-to-activate-or-mute-effects-and-layers-from-multiple-pre-comp-2/

Script to activate or mute effects and layers from multiple pre-comp

[Anders Hattne]

“Pt Effects Search” Script..
Seems maybe a bit pricey for what it does though.

[Veronica Barron]

Thank you very much!

[Veronica Barron]

Thank you very much!

[Jake Brown]

Hello, I just wrote a script that allows you to target a specific effect across all comps. This should work just fine for your needs.

var effectName = prompt("Name of effect", "Hue/Saturation");
var effectNameStr = effectName.toString();
var projItem = app.project.items;
var counter = 0;
for (i = 1; i < app.project.items.length; i++) {
    // Check if item is a composition
    if (projItem[i] instanceof CompItem) {
        var myComp = projItem[i];
        // Cycle thru comp layers
        for (n = 1; n <= myComp.numLayers; n++) {
            // Test if layer has effect in question;
            if (myComp.layers[n].property("Effects").property(effectNameStr) != null) {
                var bool = myComp.layers[n].property("Effects").property(effectNameStr).enabled;
                while (myComp.layers[n].property("Effects").property(effectNameStr).enabled === bool) {
                    // Toggle  effects on/off
                    myComp.layers[n].property("Effects").property(effectNameStr).enabled = !myComp.layers[n].property("Effects").property(effectNameStr).enabled;
                    counter++;
                };
            };
        };
    };
};
// Report what the script did
if (counter > 0) {
    alert("Success! " + counter + " " + effectNameStr + " enabled/disabled");
} else {
    alert("Could not find any instances of layers with " + effectNameStr);
}