Match Properties Selection

[Rodrigo Kermessi]

Hi friends! Hope you´re all doing good!

I´m trying to create a script that you can select layers and some properties and match the selection of the properties. I mean, all selected layers would have the same properties selected.

I´m almost there, it works great with: position, rotation, scale, opacity. But, doesn´t work with any other property.

Here is the script so far:

<b style="">var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
//selected properties
var myProps = myComp.selectedProperties;
for (var p = 0; p < myProps.length; p++){
//selected layers
var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers;
for (var l = 0; l < myLayers.length; l++){
// select matched properties for selected layers
myLayers[l].property(myProps[p].name).selected = true
<b style="">}};

[Rodrigo Kermessi]

Please, ignore both <b style=””> not sure how it appeared there.
The right code (so far) would be:

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
\\selected properties
var myProps = myComp.selectedProperties;
for (var p = 0; p < myProps.length; p++){
\\selected layers
var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers;
for (var l = 0; l < myLayers.length; l++){
\\select matched properties for selected layers
myLayers[l].property(myProps[p].name).selected = true

}};

[Dan Ebberts]

To do that, I think you have to build the property spec path on the fly, like this:

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myProps = myComp.selectedProperties;
for (var p = 0; p < myProps.length; p++){
	var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers;
	for (var l = 0; l < myLayers.length; l++){
		var myProp = myProps[p];
		var myPropString = "";
		while (myProp.parentProperty !== null){
			var name = "\"" + myProp.name + "\"";
			myPropString = ".property" + "(" + name + ")" + myPropString;
			myProp = myProp.parentProperty;
		}
		if (myPropString != ""){
			eval("var myActualProp = myComp.layer('"  + myLayers[l].name  + "')" + myPropString + ";");
			myActualProp.selected = true;
		}
	}
};

[Rodrigo Kermessi]

Hi Dan, thank you so much, it worked perfectly.

I´m a big fan of yours! It´s impressive that 99% of the thing that I had issues, like forever, about expressions and scripts for AE, was solved by you in some forum over the internet or even learning in the classic MotionScript.com. Legend!

PS: The first plugins I ever bought was TypeMonkey and MotionMonkey. 🙂

Best Wishes!

[Dan Ebberts]

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it.