• Adobe After Effects

  index of effect, not layer?

  Posted by Andy Engelkemier on January 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm

  I thought I’d make a line of circles using an expression. I try to use expressions when I have some extra time so i know how to use them when I need them.

  I’m trying to do this on a single layer.

  I made a distance slider up top, then use the circle effect multiple times.

  so I did this, to start:

  dist = effect(“distance”)(“Slider”);
  cX = effect(“Circle”)(“Center”)[0];
  cY = effect(“Circle”)(“Center”)[1];
  moveDist = dist * (??? effect parameter index -1 ???));
  [cX + moveDist, cY]

  Obviously I don’t know what to put in line 4 there between the question marks. That’s just what I’d like to put, but can’t find how to do it. I can find how to call the index, but nothing that returns the current effect’s index.

  How do I get afterEffects to send back the index# of the effect the script is in?

  Andy Engelkemier replied 16 years, 4 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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