[Ryan Rusnak]

Thanks.

[Ryan Rusnak]

I was told that there may be onboard data connected to parameters such as the aperture or zoom of the camera. I was wondering first, does this sounds accurate, if so, could such data be used in conjunction with After Effects to drive parameters of the camera (possibly through expressions or scripting)? I only do the AE side so I don’t know much about the physical cameras, if any of this sounds absurd.

[Ryan Rusnak]

Ok, I have things working but I am now encountering a new challenge. I think that I need to convert comp space to to the layer space of a particular layer. Does any one know how to do that? I’ve searched and am still searching but have not found anything yet.

In the code below, I want the value in the first dimension of the array to be the edge of the layer selectedLayers[0]. The number that I am getting now is correct but I think it is in comp space rather than layer space.

myPositionTwo.setValue([myComp.selectedLayers[0].width, myHeight]);

below is my updated code. Thanks a lot, Ryan

{
app.beginUndoGroup("snap");

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;

for (i = 0; i < 1; + + i ){

if (myComp.selectedLayers.length < = 1 || myComp.selectedLayers.length > = 3){
alert("please select two layers");
}else{

var mySolid = myComp.selectedLayers[i];
var myWidth = mySolid.width;
var myHeight = mySolid.height/2;
var myAnchor = mySolid.property("anchorPoint");

myAnchor.setValue([myWidth,myHeight]);

var myPositionTwo = myComp.selectedLayers[1].property("position");
var myPositionOne = myComp.selectedLayers[0].property("position");

myPositionTwo.setValue([myComp.selectedLayers[0].width, myHeight]);
}
}
app.endUndoGroup();
}

[Ryan Rusnak]

Thanks a lot Dan, for your help.

Thanks, Ryan