Hey Dan: why is the result of the expression cumulative to any values that may have already been in the orientation fields? For example, if I scrub either the x,y, or z values to anything other than 0,0,0 it seems to offset the expression’s calculation. Should any expression’s result override the property’s values by default? Are there any…

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Amazing, thank you!!

Hello! Im using the lookAt() function to point Shape1 to Shape2. This works fine unless Shape1 is itself parented to another shape who’s orientation is anything but 0,0,0. Here’s the expression I’m currently using:

target = thisComp.layer("Star 2");
look=lookAt(thisLayer.toWorld(transform.anchorPoint),…

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Thanks Trent. Yes this is what I ended up doing to get it out the door. But either this is a bug that hasn’t been fixed for a long time (there have been threads on the issue for several years now) or there is a switch (or a at least a reason) somewhere that I don’t know about!

Thanks for the response. It doesn’t happen often, but on expression heavy comps it’s happened to me at least three times. In this particular comp, i have a bunch of layers being driven by expressions at the same time (about 30). They are 2D layers that are following a 3D layer’s position and scale using toComp and some other complex math that…

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Does anyone have any reliable fix for expressions that render on playback but not on actual render to movie? I’m on AE 17.5.0 and using the normal default Render Queue at standard ProRes422 settings (same happens with other codecs as well as when using AfterCodecs). Is there some kind of switch that forces AE to evaluate expressions before camera…

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After your comment about what exactly i wanted to convert I did some tinkering with the relationship between my 2D layer and my 3D layer and realised that there are too many arbitrary scenarios to be able to account for with a script. My client needs to export 2D AE layers as XML into Final Cut Pro in a way that mimics position, scale and…

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yes good point. specifically, just grabbing the Z rotation would be enough in my case.

I have a 2D layer position set to get its world coordinates from a 3D layer’s (“Layer 1” in the example above) auto-oriented path animation. It tracks perfectly, but now I’d like it to also inherit rotation values. Since the the 2D layer doesn’t have an “orientation” property, how can I translate “Layer 1″s orientation into a 2D rotation? Or is…

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excellent, thank you as always! your dedication to providing answers here is mesmerising, we all appreciate your commitment!

I’m able to access all the values of a range of keyframe on a specific prperty, but how can I know when in time they are? Looking to fill the variable “keyframeTime” below. Thanks!

var position = selection[i].property(“ADBE Transform Group”).property(“ADBE Position”);

if(position.numKeys>0){

for (k=1;k<position.numKeys;k++){

var…

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