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Terje Lundgren replied to the discussion Expressions that work in all languages, best practises in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:34:31 +0000

@Yoan Great. Thanks for confirming using the Expression Universalizer as well. 👍

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:47:27 +0000

Ok, tested in Spanish language AE. Here are results for future reference and anyone interested:

// English version (breaks in Spanish AE)
comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer")("Effects")("myCtrl 1")("Slider")

// Spanish version 
comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer").effect("myCtrl 1")("Deslizador")

// Works
comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer").effect("myCtrl 1")(1)

//…

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:05:07 +0000

@Dan Ebberts: Thanks, that is promising.

I guess I will have to install a foreign language version on a spare computer to be sure, though. 🙂

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:03:28 +0000

@Yoan Boisjoli Interesting. Your option produces the second line below.

The “effect()” call will probably break, though, as I think it might translate to “effet()” in French.

Expression Universalizer is a safe bet, but I want to understand the underlying principles.

effect("myCtrl 1")("Slider")
effect("myCtrl 1")(1)
thisLayer("ADBE Effect…

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:50:18 +0000

Hi everyone,

I want to make sure these expressions work in all AE languages:

comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer")("Effects")("myCtrl 1")("Slider")
comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer")("Effects")("myCtrl 2")("Slider")

Now, if all properties use matchNames, it looks like this:

comp("Comp 1").layer("myLayer")("ADBE Effect Parade")("ADBE Slider Control")("ADBE…