index shows 3 but is 4 how?

[Dan Ebberts]

You can’t necessarily go by what’s visible in the UI. Especially with shape layers, there are hidden groups. Some of the ones you can see are likely in a hidden group called “Contents”. You can suss things out by poking around with a text layer with a source text expression like this:

p = thisComp.layer(“Shape Layer 1”).content(“Rectangle 1”).transform.rotation;
p.propertyGroup(2)(1).name

Dan

[Mati Kowalski]

well thats not good at all that i need use source to find out, but i guess theres no other way ☹ thanks dan

[Dan Ebberts]

Another really useful tool for figuring this stuff out is Jeff Almasol’s wonderful rd_GimmePropPath script. You can get it from his redefinery site.

Dan