Creative COW | Tom Gomez | Activity https://creativecow.net/members/tomgomez/activity/ Activity feed for Tom Gomez. Tue, 05 May 2026 05:37:43 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 63a0bda60c49c0d89c474485a526b40f Tom Gomez replied to the discussion expressions linking comps by name or index in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/expressions-linking-comps-by-name-or-index/#post-2465130 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:18:41 +0000 Reply to expressions linking comps by name or index

Works like a charm. THANK YOU!!!

]]> f9a690e0d4a923a9d3f922822ff420aa Tom Gomez replied to the discussion Essential properties and deep precomps in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/essential-properties-and-deep-precomps/#post-2465126 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:52:52 +0000 Reply to Essential properties and deep precomps

A very belated thanks!!!

]]> bc3a4381c63301a8b0820c1c94fcd143 Tom Gomez started the discussion expressions linking comps by name or index in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/expressions-linking-comps-by-name-or-index/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:45:29 +0000 expressions linking comps by name or index

Okee dokee…

SOLID_Goat is a comp with a bunch of layers in it (character positions)

BEVEL_Goat is a comp with a bunch of layers in it (matching character positions)

Both are in a comp called 12D_Goat.

I need the opacity of the first layer in BEVEL_Goat to be mapped to the opacity of the first layer in SOLID_Goat. Opacity of second layer in BEVEL to…

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]]> 695716eb96059e94012b872dcec761af Tom Gomez started the discussion Essential properties and deep precomps in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/essential-properties-and-deep-precomps/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:57:40 +0000 Essential properties and deep precomps

So, the essential graphics panel removes the need for certain expressions between a nested comp and a main comp. If you drag properties into the Essential Graphics panel, they show up as keyframe-able properties in the main comp. Nice!

QUESTION:

I want to keyframe various attributes of a character. The fingers, for example, are several precomps…

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]]> 5d977d24be92c45ea227d233a02860a4 Tom Gomez replied to the discussion cannot get simple OR statement to work! in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/cannot-get-simple-or-statement-to-work/#post-2424520 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 19:41:28 +0000 Reply to cannot get simple OR statement to work!

Ok. Figured out.

a || b || c ? 100 : 0

]]> 8584500760d85d8048a7017e83e57214 Tom Gomez started the discussion cannot get simple OR statement to work! in the forum Adobe After Effects Expressions https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/cannot-get-simple-or-statement-to-work/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:39:12 +0000 cannot get simple OR statement to work!

Thanks in advance Expression Wizards. Simplest thing… can’t get it to work without syntax errors. If either of three checkboxes is checked, need opacity change. I have:

a = comp(“USANA Ignition 2022 – Eng C – PH”).layer(“MASTER CONTROLS”).effect(“ENGLISH – PH”)(“Checkbox”).value;
b = comp(“USANA Ignition 2022 – Eng C – PH”).layer(“MASTER…

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