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  • How to Use “Layer Control” Expression Control ..? for Below Work..?

    Posted by Suniel Surya on June 19, 2015 at 7:34 am

    Hi.. I’m New to After Effects… I’m Doing job in local tv channel as a video editor… well i’m creating a date template for our Channel… i’ve small problem with my template is

    i’m using 3 different shapes for (date/time/temperature) 3 Different Channels… i never use 3 shapes at a time but i need 3 shapes…

    my problem is can we control layer opacity through the layer control.. simply… can we control which layer will show which will hide….

    please check below images…

    P.Surya Suniel
    Editor,Siticable
    Admin,www.tutofactory.com

    Dan Ebberts replied 11 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
  • 1 Reply
  • Dan Ebberts

    June 19, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    Try this:


    try{
    L = thisComp.layer("Controls").effect("Layer Control")("Layer");
    if (L.index == index) 100 else 0
    }catch (err){
    0
    }

    Dan

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