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propertyIndex in Transform properties returns unexpected values. Why?
Hey everyone.
So I’m trying to dynamically link Transform properties (like Position, Anchor Point, etc.) to a Pseudo Effect (mimicing that exact Property stack) in a way that works across all language versions of After Effects.While doing this, I noticed something weird.
thisProperty.propertyIndex doesn’t increment by 1 for each Transform property—it skips around. I’ve included a screenshot showing this, along with a comparison of the Pseudo Effect, which behaves as expected with clean indices.To give you context why I need this, this is a snippet I wanna use on all Transform Properties:
const autoVal = effect("CTRL_AutoAnimation_" + autoAnimationIndex)(thisProperty.propertyIndex+4);This syntax is important for me, since I need to need to make a complex project work in all languages. Previously I used:
const autoVal = effect("CTRL_AutoAnimation_" + autoAnimationIndex)(thisProperty.name);Which obviously returns an error in a non-english After Effects Version, because the Effect names are hardcoded and the Transform names change (For example, “Anchor Point” -> “Ankerpunkt” in German). I’d like to change this line with a batch operation for the whole project which includes a couple dozens of layers that each have this expression issue.
Thanks a bunch in advance!
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Okay, well. A collegue of mine figured it out. I’m leaving this here in case anyone ever needs this information.
If you Seperate Dimensions on the Position and also activate 3D on that layer, the indices kind of make sense again–”Position” is index 2, which disappears when you seperate Dimensions, which are 3,4,5.
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