[Edward Chow]

Hi, Thanks for the response!
I still can’t manage to get the expression to work.
it says an object of type 0 found where a property is needed. I don’t understand how the expression is linking time remap data from the lipsyncV1.0 pre comp to the new shape layer.

as your instructions stated I imported my DATA file from papagayo and i see the timeremap keyframes on the pre comp.
so far so good

so then i create a set of shape layer phonemes exactly like the ones inside the pre comp and in the same order as well.

this is where i get a little confused.

now you say to make a new shape layer. do i copy those phonemes into this new shape layer? I then add the expression you gave me to the path and it just gives me an error. I don’t think the shape layer likes taking time remap information.

Thanks a lot for taking a look, I am just super confused. I hope I am not totally screwing this up. I can collect an after effects project if I am being confusing.

Thanks again,
Ed

[Edward Chow]

Yes I tried copying that in and renaming the name . It doesn’t recognize finalMouthPath.expression . I included a screenshot . Do I apply the expression on a fresh shape layer or on a duplicate of the phenomes?

Thanks so much
Ed

[Edward Chow]

11300_screenshot20170426at2.56.15pm.png.zip

Sorry! I was lost after step 3. I made a new shape layer and then added the expression but I am receiving an error. Do i need to copy the Path data from the original Mouths layer for it to work? is the first part supposed to correspond to the layer name? Final Mouth Path.expression or is it still finalMouthPath.expression ?

finalMouthPath.expression = 'timeToFrames(thisComp.layer("TimeRemappedLayer").timeRemap.valueAtTime(time))';