• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Path property Expression to offset the path

  Posted by Dániel Ország on January 14, 2024 at 7:23 pm

  So i have this expression for thePathproperty in aShape Group.

  // Get the path from the Shape layer in the composition
  var shapeLayer = thisComp.layer(“Shape Layer Name”);
  var shapeGroup = shapeLayer.content(“Shape Group Name”);
  var path = shapeGroup.content(“Path Name”).path;

  // Get path properties
  var pts = path.points();
  var inTans = path.inTangents();
  var outTans = path.outTangents();
  var closed = path.isClosed();

  // Move the path vertices 500 pixels to the right
  for (var i = 0; i < pts.length; i++) {
  pts[i][0] += 500; // Add 500 to the x-coordinate
  }

  // Create a new path with modified vertices
  createPath(pts, inTans, outTans, closed);

  It moves the path 500 pixel to the right. Only the path itself without touching the transform controls (postion etc..)

  My issue is that i have to manually type the Shape Layer, Shape Group and Path name to make it work.
  I can’t figure it out how to make this expression work in a way to automatically recognise this hierarchy within the Shape Layer.

  its something like ADBE Root Vectors Group, ADBE Vectors Group, ADBE Vector Shape.

  Can anyone help? thx

  Dániel Ország replied 2 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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