[Emre Mutlu]

Wrong post. I can’t find how to remove my reply, sorry 🙂

[Emre Mutlu]

So i found what the problem is. Afx thinks it’s an AVLayer instead of CompItem when i use this line :

var selection = mainComp.selectedLayers[0];

I edited the script like this and it works :

var mainComp = app.project.item(1);
var selection = mainComp.selectedLayers[0].source;

alert(selectedComp.numLayers);

The result is exact number with this way. I’m not sure if it’s the correct way to do this but it works. If there’s an alternative way to do this, i would like to know. I hope it helps 🙂

[Emre Mutlu]

When i use this method in a variable i can’t use that var later. For example when i select a comp from timeline and run this script it says “undefined”. What is the proper way of doing this? What causes this problem?

Like :

var mainComp = app.project.item(1);
var selection = mainComp.selectedLayers[0];
alert(selection.numLayers);

alert says “undefined”.

[Emre Mutlu]

Thank you anyway. If i find a solution for this i’ll post here 🙂

[Emre Mutlu]

Thanks for your time and reply Robert. I’ve used a similar method for this.

On opacity :

reveal = thisComp..layer(“reveal”).effect(index-1)(“Checkbox”);
if (mask == 1) {100} else {0};

I still wonder if there is way for renaming effects via script, plug-in or something else?