Thank you Filip Vandueren, that worked!

Yes, in the center of the composition in this example. Later I want to modify the code so I can move the anchor point to the corners of the composition as well.

I want to move the anchor point in a rotated layer and maintain the visual position via script. I tried this code below but I dont know how to make it work:

var layer = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];
var position = layer.property("ADBE Transform Group").property("ADBE Position");
var anchorPoint = layer.property("ADBE Transform…

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I tried something similar but it didn’t work.
Here is the full expression in the opacity animator, so you can understand better:
(‘startAnimationTime’ in the expression below is always zero, so the blinking still starts at a random value)

var cursorSpeed = 10;
var startAnimationTime = 0;

// animation happening here
if (thisLayer.name.length >…

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I’m using a blinking expression inside an ‘else’, but it starts with a random value when it reaches the ‘else’. How to make the blinking start at zero? (I dont know the exact time that will reach the else).

This is an example in the source text:

var anyTime = 2.28;
var cursorSpeed = 10;
if (time < anyTime) {
	time;
} else {
  var blinking =…

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That worked perfectly!

Is it possible to change the keyframe value with an slider?

Just the result with an expression

I made two keyframes and I want to move the first keyframe to the in point of the layer above and the second keyframe to the out point of the layer above. How can I do it?

It worked now. I was trying to add rove to the last keyframe so it wasn’t working. Thanks!

Hello,
Im trying to set rove keyframes via script but it’s not working. What is the correct way of doing it?

var layer = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];
var property = layer.property("Position"); 
var keyIndex = 2; 
property.setRovingAtKey(keyIndex, true);

Thank you it worked!

Hi,

I’m trying to change the solid color but it’s not working in AE 2023:

app.project.activeItem.layer(1).source.mainSource.color.setValue([50/255,50/255,50/255]);

I want to return nothing and put it inside an array with other characters. So something like this?

split = text.sourceText.split(",");
splitOne = split.length > 1 ? split[1] : "";
splitTwo= split.length > 1 ? split[2] : "";
splitThree= split.length > 1 ? split[3] : "";
wordDictionary = [":", ".",splitOne ,splitTwo,splitThree]

Hi,

I want to get the second array of the split but Im getting a error in extendscript when the second array doesn’t exist. Is there a solution to make it work in both expression engine?

text.sourceText.split(",")[1]

I’m using this script to change the text horizontal scale, but when I create another text in the comp, it set to the previous horizontal scale. How can I make changes to text and a new text will be in normal scale?

function TextHorizScale(myLayer) {

    var myLayer = myLayer;
    var textProp = myLayer.property("Source Text");
    textDocument =…

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Hi. How can I make this frames expression start counting from the inPoint of the layer?

timeToFrames()
						

Thank you, thats what I needed.

function addEffect(myFindString)
{
    if (myFindString == "") {
        return;
    }
    var curItem = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers;
    for (i=0; i<curItem.length; i++){
        var layerI = curItem[i].property("ADBE Effect Parade");
        layerI.addProperty(myFindString);
    }
}

Hi,

I made a script UI with a ‘edit text’ and a button. It apply to selected layers a effect that is inside the ‘edit text’. But when typing the effect wrong and using the button to apply, After Effects freezes. What can I do to make After Effects not crash when trying to apply an effect that doesn’t exist?

function addEffect(findString)

{

if…

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Hi. I tried to add columns to this expression but I couldnt. Is there a way to add columns in addition with rows to this expression?

a=[];
for (i=1; i<10; i++) {
    a.push(random(998+i).toFixed(3));
}
a.join("r");

It worked! Thanks!

I want to add a expression that has carriage return (‘n’) to the source text via script. But when I run the script, it apply the carriage return to the expression and not to the source text. How to only copy and paste the expression with script?

That is what I needed. Thank you.

I have a expression in source text that apply the name of the first effect to source text.

But I want to add other effects before it. How do I target this specific effect? I have a effect named “Nslider” after this effect (I dont know if its possible to subtract 1 of this “Nslider”).

thisLayer.effect(1).name 

Thank you Dan. It helps a lot. But maybe I need other solution for my problem:

I made a plugin and used it a lot in my project. Now I want to add a ‘checkbox’ in my plugin. If I add it I will receive a warning in my project and will glitchy my project. There is a good solution for it?

My idea was to remove the plugin from all the project and add…

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How to add an effect to all layers with expression errors in all comps?

I have this expression:

var effectMatchName = "ADBE Fill";
var comp = app.project.activeItem;
for(var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++){
        comp.layer(i).Effects.addProperty(effectMatchName);
        }

I want to multiply “slider 1” with this expression time*100 if my other “slider 2” is 2, but if “slider 2” has value of 3 I want time*1000, if its 4, time*10000, and so on. How can I do it with expression?

When I animate the source text with a slider, the offset still selecting the same number of characters.

I need a expression to make 2 animators offsets to always adjust to the selected number of characters I set in the offset. So when I type more characters the range selector only affects the number of characters I set previously. I have 2 animators with range selector (square). One set to 80 and other to -80.

That’s great! Thank you.

Thank you!

It worked! Thank you for letting me know about this </> format.

One more thing that I didnt mention I want to add is:

If the dropdown menu value is 5 change to “_”: 1_000

If the dropdown menu value is 6 change to ” “: 1 000

How the expression looks like?

You can test with this:

var num = Math.floor(effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value);
var menu =…

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Error on line 2: Undetermined string constant

I have a expression that makes a dot every 3 digits: 1.000

I want to change the dot to comma with a drop down menu.

If the dropdown menu value is 3 or 4 change to comma: 1,000

How can I do that with this expression:

var num = Math.floor(effect(“Number”)(“Valor”).value)

var num = Comma(num);

var menu = effect(“Number”)(“Dot and…

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Hi, how I can trim the out point of a layer to the inpoint of the layer above for all layers at once?

Thank you! It worked, but if I want to edit one comment and add another line. Is it possible?

I want to remove from all comments the “enter to another line” so the text stays in one single line. So I can adjust the lines with the paragraph text.

Hey, I have a expression that copy comments from markers and add to text.
But I want all the texts in one line. How do I do it?

 

 

n = 0;

t = 0;

x = text.sourceText;

if (marker.numKeys > 0){n = marker.nearestKey(time).index;

if (marker.key(n).time > time) n–;}

if (n > 0)

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