[Joerg Brueggemann]

pff…

just tried again, with no changes. Now its working. Dunno if I’m stupid…

Since it seems to be fine now, for everyone finding this with a similar task. You can change, which layer number and wich property is converted with the three-line-blocks at the end of the script. (But before the final closing bracket)

var layer = comp.layer(2);
var prop = layer.property("scale");
convertToKeyframes(prop);

You need one of these for every layer and property you want to convert. Just fill in the layer number (counted from top top bottom) and the property you want to have converted. If the 3rd Layer has a position expression you want to convert, it would look like this.

var layer = comp.layer(3);
var prop = layer.property("position");
convertToKeyframes(prop);

[Joerg Brueggemann]

Hi Dan,
Thank you for your reply. I’ve seen your anwers in many posts here and were hoping you would find time to read through my post. Thanks for that.

I paste the current state of the script again. I filled in an commandId since I have english AE at work in the german version in my home office.

Your additional line brings me at least one step closer. After running the script, now the comps are all opened and in every comp the two layers are highlighted. But the “convert expression to keyframes” is still not happening.

Without your line, sometimes (most of the times, but not always – i’m working in a test project now, with only one two layer comp, duplicated four times.) the conversion will work only for the active comp in the viewer. So I have seen, that the function in general does its job. The error must be in the orders I give to work through my selection.

I am still not able to see why its not running. Further testing didn’t help either.

Why is the conversion not executed?

var items = app.project.items;
var selectedComps = new Array();

function convertToKeyframes(theProperty){
if (theProperty.canSetExpression && theProperty.expressionEnabled){
theProperty.selected = true;
app.executeCommand(2639);
theProperty.selected = false;
}
}

for (var i = 1; i <= items.length; i++) { if ((items[i] instanceof CompItem) && items[i].selected) { selectedComps[i] = items[i]; } } for (var i = 1; i <= selectedComps.length; i++) { var comp = selectedComps[i]; if (!comp) continue; comp.openInViewer(); var layer = comp.layer(2); var prop = layer.property("scale"); convertToKeyframes(prop); layer = comp.layer(1); prop = layer.property("sourceText"); convertToKeyframes(prop); }

[Joerg Brueggemann]

Do you plan on using AE for this or Vegas? If its Vegas, I can’t help. If its AE, you need to be more specifc. The Video seems to be a good starting point.

[Joerg Brueggemann]

I maybe should have mentioned, that I’m using CS6 (on Win7x64). Doesn’t know, if thats important.

I kept on trying, but the script just doesn’t work…without prompting any errors. But there must be an error, I just can’t find it…