Thanks, Dan. I appreciate the feedback. I thought that I may have been overlooking something obvious.

I have this script working for my selected properties on a single layer. However, I’m trying to get it to work on multiple layers simultaneously, but I’m not able to get it to work. I think the problem has to do with line 3, but I don’t know how to tackle it. Thanks.

function myBridgeController(myBridge){
    var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
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I’m trying to use a dropdown menu in a script to change the dropdown value of an effect. I’m using the code below, but it doesn’t work and no error message is generated.

The dropdown menu in the script is dropdown1.selection.

var myType = myLayers[i].effect("Make Selection")("Type");
    var userSelect = dropdown1.selection.value;
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That’s great. Thank you.

I have a script to apply an effect to selected layers and turn off an expression on the applied effect. It works when I have the layers of interest selected. However, if I have layer transform properties (position scale, opacity, rotation) selected when I run the script, the effect is applied several times to the layer with the selected transform…

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That did the trick! Thank you.

I have a script to turn on a specific expression and convert the expression to keyframes. It works, however, if there are other properties with expressions selected when it’s run, all the selected properties with expressions get converted to keyframes. Is there a way to ensure that only myProp gets converted to keyframes?

function addKeys(){
var…

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I just realized that var edittext1 from the UI was outside the function so the value from the field wasn’t being transferred. It’s working now. Thank you for your help!

Maybe I have something in the text field incorrect? I still can’t get it to parse the value. My text field in the script is as follows.

var edittext1 = group1.add('edittext {justify: "center", properties: {name: "edittext1"}}');
    edittext1.text = "";
    edittext1.helpTip = "Enter the parent layer index."; 
    edittext1.preferredSize.width = 40; 

I had another line of code that was interfering with it working. The last thing I would like to do is use the value from a text field box in the script to generate the number, but I might be going about it wrong.

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
var myIndex = edittext1.value;
myParent =…

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Thank you for your response. I gave it a go, but it doesn’t change the value. The effect is a pseudo-effect. Maybe that makes a difference?

I have a script that applies an effect. The effect has a layer dropdown menu. I would like to change the layer selected by inputting a numeric value. I’m not sure if this is close.

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
myParent = myLayers.effect("Parent Me")("Select Parent");
myParent.selection = 3;

Thanks, Dan. I really appreciate it.

Okay, it’s working. I just changed it to run on the selected layer. Thank you.

Thanks, Dan. I gave it a go and it doesn’t remove the key. I’m not getting an error message either.

I’ve been looking through the AE scripting guide, and I’ve been able to write a script to add a layer marker with a comment, but how can I delete the same layer marker with the comment? I can’t seem to find the answer.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

I’m trying to convert an expression to keyframes on a specific property on a pseudo effect. Is it even possible? Here’s what I have so far. The variable for myProp is throwing an error.

myComp = app.project.activeItem;
myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers;
myProp = myLayer.effect("Faux Parent")("Position…

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Thank you, Dan. I appreciate it.

Is it possible for a script to record the current CTI position, move the CTI to home, apply a preset and then return the original position?

What would be the correct way to create an If Else statement to check a layer for separate dimensions? The statement that I’m using now actually changes the layer’s position property, but I want to run two different functions based on the position separated dimensions property.

Thank you for making me look at it in a different way. Got it working.

Is it possible to use a modifier key on a script button? I would like a regular click of a button to run a function and a SHIFT + Click to run a different function. Example:

button1.onClick = addAnchor

button1.onClick + SHIFT = addAll

Great! Thank you. That’s what I was looking for. I appreciate it!

I have a script that applies an expression to a selected property. When I apply the expression, I would like the layer name to reference a variable. In my example, I would like the value of var myCustom to be used for thisComp.layer in the expression. Is it possible?

var myCustom = "Drive" + " " + "//" + " " + myControl;// Custom Layer Name
var…

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Is it possible for a script to access variables from a .txt file? I want to create a settings file that will allow the user to change the name of the text that is applied to layers when a script is run.

Thanks for your efforts Levi. I appreciate it.

Thank you. That’s working great.

I tried that right after I posted the image. The same error on line one occurs.

Sure thing! Here it is.

Thank you for your effort. For some reason, this method won’t work. I’m not why as I have done it that way in the past, but in this case, it returns a syntax error.

I’m using the expression below to get the highest keyframe value of an animated property. The only problem is that properties that are more than one value, like position, have to be separated, which doesn’t work for scale. Is there a way to get the highest value without separating the dimensions and specify which value it’s measuring?

For example,…

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Thank you. I tried a variation of that but didn’t have it quite right. I appreciate your help.

Thank you. I appreciate it. Is there a way to make the layer above the only selected layer? Right now I get the original layer and the layer above selected at the same time.

Is it possible to select the layer above the currently selected layer with a script? Thanks.

That works great. Thank you.

I’m trying to come up with an expression that will work on properties that have one dimension or two dimensions. Here’s what I can up with, but it doesn’t work. I still get an error message. Maybe the catch(err) technique doesn’t work in this case?

temp = thisComp.layer("Drive").effect("Drive")("Output 01");
try{
[temp, temp];
}catch(err){
temp;
}

Thanks for this Dan. I appreciate you taking the time. I was thinking that it would be great to have the ability to select any property, but I can see how that would get complicated. Thanks again.

Here’s what I was hoping to do:

1. Select <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Blur Radius on the <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Square layer.

2. Run a script.

3. Result is that on the Blur Amount Slider found on the Master Control layer an expression is written: thisComp.layer(“square”).effect(“Fast Box…

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I don’t know if this is possible with a script, but would it be possible to apply an expression to a layer based on the current selection on a different layer? In the example image, I would like to make the Blur Amount slider on the Master Control layer the control for the Blur Radius which is located on the Square layer without having to use the…

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Great! Thank you.

Thanks, Dan. I appreciate it. For some reason, it’s still throwing an error.

When I use the script below I get a message stating “Unable to execute script at line 5. Expected: ;”

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myProps = myComp.selectedProperties;
var myExpr = "thisComp.layer("Master Null").effect("Drive")("Output 01")";
for (var i = 0; i <…

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How do you write a script to apply an expression to a selected property? I’ve looked around old post, but many of them are older and no longer work. I’ve tried modifying them without any luck. Thanks.

Fabrice Leconte,

Are you available for hire? I have some ideas for some scripts that I would like to hire you to build if you’re interested.

Perfect. Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.

Thank you! I gave it a go but it’s not working. If I select a layer and the position property I get a message stating that I need to select at least one property and when I select the keyframes from the Lockdown plugin nothing happens.

Yes! That’s working. Thank you. Is there any way to name the null layer based on the selected property and also have it create a null for each point selected so that there is a null titled “Point1”, “Point2” and so on depending on what’s selected?

I’m trying to write a script that will copy keyframes from a selected property to the position property of a new null. For example, in the image below I want to select Point1 keyframes from the Lockdown effect and have them copied to a null layer’s position with the name “Point1”.

I am having a tough time getting the script to paste just the…

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I don’t know if this is even close, but I’m trying to change the Line Join of a shape layer to round. Here’s what I have so far.

function line(){
  var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
  var myStroke = shapeGroup.property("Stroke");
  myStroke.property("Line Join").setValue([Round Join]);
  }
  line()