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  Script Is Creating Duplicate Presets

  Posted by Sean Franklin on April 15, 2015 at 4:59 am

  Hi everyone,
  I’m working on a script that will create a new composition for each item in the project and apply a set of presets to that layer.

  My current script for some reason is duplicating my second preset one time depending on what preset it is. I can’t figure out why but when I apply transform presets it’s fine but if I use a preset like denoiser II or a Particular preset it duplicates it..

  I’m still new to scripting so this may be a pretty basic issue..

  What am I doing wrong here?

  Also, can anyone point me in the right direction on how to create a UI to select a preset rather than having to type it in in the script?

  Thanks!
  -Tim

  app.beginUndoGroup("UNDO")

  var mySelectedItems = [];
  for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
  if (app.project.item(i).selected)
  mySelectedItems[mySelectedItems.length] = app.project.item(i);
  }
  var presetPath = ["/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2014/Presets/Behaviors/Drift Over Time.ffx",
  "/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2014/Presets/Image - Creative/Grayscale 1.ffx"];

  for (var i = 0; i < mySelectedItems.length; i++){
  var mySelection = mySelectedItems[i];
  var myComp = app.project.items.addComp(mySelection.name, 3840, 2160, 1, mySelection.duration, 24);
  var myLayer = myComp.layers.add(mySelection);
  for(p = 0; p<presetPath.length; p++){
  var presetVar = presetPath[p];
  var myPreset = File(presetVar);
  var applyPreset =myLayer.applyPreset(myPreset);
  }

  }

  app.endUndoGroup()

  Tim Franklin
  Freelance Visual Effects Artist/ Video Editor
  Media Asset Manager, CBS Sports Network
  http://www.TimSFranklin.com

  Sean Franklin replied 11 years ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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