[Colin Woodcock]

Apologies for not responding sooner Dan. Unfortunately I couldn’t get his to work.
I had to set things up in a more long-winded way in the end.
Here’s a frame by frame example of what I’m seeing in the stripped back project – https://f1.creativecow.net/file/12799/12799_colourcontrolwhenusingmarkersync.mp4.zip

[Colin Woodcock]

Thank you so much for getting back so quickly.

Unfortunately, After Effects is returning this error.
After Effects warning: Expression disabled. Error at line 3 in property ‘Color’ of layer 2 (‘RED’) in comp ‘Neon Tube_Ambient_Red’.
layer named ‘Neon Tube_Ambient_Red’ is missing or does not exist. It may have been renamed, moved, or deleted, or the name may have been mistyped.

Should I have personalised anything within your expression?
Here’s a link to my stripped back source file – https://f1.creativecow.net/file.php?id=12767&folder=colour-control-with-layer-marker-sync

Again, thank you for your time.

[Colin Woodcock]

How would I go about using the layer marker triggering system and referencing an animated colour control from a different comp? The sequence of colours don’t line up for me after using a direct pick whip. Here’s what I have – comp(“masterComp”).layer(“Light Controls”).effect(“Neon Colour 3”)(“Color”)

I’ve scoured the internet for a solution however my lack of expression knowledge is affecting my search terms!

In a nutshell, I have 3 different comps of neon lights as my base, and it’s these base comps that will have the expression applied. These comps (“Neon Tube_Ambient_Green” is one example) are using the layer marker system to switch between varying brightness using hold keyframes. After 3 precomps, all using the layer marker expression for varying reasons, I would then like to have a master comp with colour controls that include my selections at specific points in time, for this comp only.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Colin Woodcock]

Hi Scott,
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Having looked around it seems that ECAbrams has had a good stab at it however to get the “Echospace” look and feel – for free – you might want to try Mikey’s preset – https://youtu.be/LKEvW0ExaPM?t=4m21s

He’s emulating the repeaters functions that can be used on any layer. It may work for you to pre-comp an animation and then apply this preset…haven’t tried it myself though it looks like a solution.

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