Walter Soyka replied to the discussion is there something like this in after effects?? in the forum Adobe After Effects

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:14:01 +0000

The effect name is just a string, so you can use Javascript’s string manipulation tools to build whatever you like.

For example, if your layer name were “4”, this line should get you what you’re looking for:

thisComp.layer(“Timing”).effect(“Start in (Frame) Picture " + thisLayer.name)(“Slider”);

Note that it’s a good practice to do some error-che…

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