Creative COW | Gideon Nielson | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/gideonnielson2/activity/ Activity feed for Gideon Nielson. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:54:24 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 b5ef13ba39ec8d0c345720deb17139e4 Gideon Nielson replied to the discussion Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/have-expression-identify-which-it-is-on-just-like-expression-pick-whip-function/#post-2428237 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:21:42 +0000 Reply to Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function

Yeah, it’s what I tried to say, and I got it. Thank you!

]]> e83c8959876a0f5135b18a547812e36d Gideon Nielson replied to the discussion Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/have-expression-identify-which-it-is-on-just-like-expression-pick-whip-function/#post-2428234 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:09:40 +0000 Reply to Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function

No, it’s not what I looked, but I have thought about that for a day and realized that trying to apply something general doesn’t work for this case because the effect in another layer has many properties and it has to be specific, just like the pickwhip method or the previous one you just showed me. It’s unlike the first case where the layer or…

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]]> 5698fcfb554831a57ce52073eeea02c7 Gideon Nielson replied to the discussion Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/have-expression-identify-which-it-is-on-just-like-expression-pick-whip-function/#post-2428181 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:52:29 +0000 Reply to Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function

Sorry for not clarifying.

It’s hard to explain, but I’m doing my best. The pickwhip is useful but not always because it is too specific. In this case with the text, I just want it to tell me another layer’s property name. It’s just for the debugging purpose.

So, I also have tried – thisComp.layer(“White Solid 6”).effect(“CC Particle W…

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]]> f043983698ce28b07d600d843ac93e17 Gideon Nielson replied to the discussion Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/have-expression-identify-which-it-is-on-just-like-expression-pick-whip-function/#post-2428174 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:39:45 +0000 Reply to Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function

This works perfectly! It worked on Position Y and Z without lifting a finger or having to re-type!

One more question… is there any alternations to thisProperty.name? I usually use the text for a debugging purpose. Here is the example in the image with the red circle on the attachment. How do you replace it?

]]> 9eeec7b85bbdc22b72e5fb3a39255305 Gideon Nielson started the discussion Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/have-expression-identify-which-it-is-on-just-like-expression-pick-whip-function/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:21:28 +0000 Have Expression Identify which it is on, just like Expression Pick Whip Function

I have a struggle to find the property/attribute name. I know it could be type such as “thisComp.layer(“White Solid 6”).effect(“CC Particle World”)(“Position X”).name”. It will work, but in this case, it would be tedious for me, especially when I work with many particle effects, because I would have to re-type for each particle position (X, Y and… Read more

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