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This was exactly what i needed, thank you so much Dan!!

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Thank you so much Dan! This is exactly what i needed, you are such a pro!

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I make it work but only for 1 shape element of each shape layer, i want it to work in any shape layer no matter how much elements it has inside the Groups.

This is what it works:

var project = app.project;
var comp = project.activeItem;
app.beginUndoGroup("Process");
var myLayers = comp.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++){
var myContents = myLayers[i].property("ADBE Root Vectors Group").property("ADBE Vector Group").property("ADBE Vectors Group").property("ADBE Vector Graphic - Stroke").property("ADBE Vector Stroke Line Cap").setValue(2);
}
app.endUndoGroup();

And this is what i’m doing trying to work through all the properties (i want it to work in any scenario):

var project = app.project;
var comp = project.activeItem;
app.beginUndoGroup("Process");
var myLayers = comp.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++){
var myContents = myLayers[i].property("ADBE Root Vectors Group");
for (var j = 1; j <= myContents.numProperties; j++){
myContents.property(j).property("ADBE Vector Group").property("ADBE Vectors Group").property("ADBE Vector Graphic - Stroke").property("ADBE Vector Stroke Line Cap").setValue(2);
}
}
app.endUndoGroup();

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Hi, you know if there’s any way of doing this for ALL the shape layers that you have selected? Some shape layers may have more than 1 object inside, so what should i do?

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Hi Dan! i finally achieved what i was looking for.

This was the modification that i did:

var myCompTime = 0;
selLayers[i].startTime = (selLayers[i].inPoint = selLayers[i].startTime) + myCompTime + i * offset;

You know how can i do to sequence layers AND keyframes? I mean, right know is working fine with layers, but i want it to work also with keyframes, depending on what you have selected. Any thoughts?

This is the code:

var comp = app.project.activeItem;
            var err = this.selErr;
            if (this.checkActiveItem(comp)) throw(err);
            var selLayers = comp.selectedLayers.reverse();
            if (selLayers.length < 1) throw(err);
            var offset = parseFloat(pal.gr.gr2.framesEt.text) * comp.frameDuration;
            app.beginUndoGroup(this.scriptTitle);
            var tStart = selLayers[0].inPoint;
            for (var i = 0; i < selLayers.length; i++)
            {

                var myCompTime = 0;
                selLayers[i].startTime = (selLayers[i].inPoint = selLayers[i].startTime) + myCompTime + i * offset;
            }
            app.endUndoGroup();

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pt_ShiftLayers by Paul Tuersley, what i mean is that the thing that i want to achieve has been already achieved by other scripts, but i can’t figure it out “how”, i need to know the “how” because i want to use this function in a custom script for the Motion Designers community. I was explaining the “why” i don’t use this script by Paul Tuersley, it is because i don’t really need this tool, i just want to learn how it was done to be incorporated in another script.

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It was working before, when i had this code:

selLayers[i].startTime = (selLayers[i].inPoint = selLayers[i].startTime) + i * offset;

But now that i have changed the “=” to “-=” it becomes static, i mean, if i click on the “Execute button” of the script it works but that’s it, it doesn’t add a new value to the already sequenced layers, because there is no new value that can be added, it works just fine but only once, if i want to add more frames to that sequence i need to type a new number and click again on the execute button, and i think that this workflow is a little time consuming (i mean, having to type a new number every time i want to add more frames to the sequence instead of sequencing that number of frames that i’ve already wrote every time i click the button). I now that it’s possible to achieve what i’m asking for because i have an script that already does that, but is an jsxbin file so i can’t look at the code, i feel like i’m getting closer but i don’t know what should i do.

Thanks again for all the help Dan!

Maybe you will tell me: why don’t you use that script that you already have? And that’s because this “Sequence Layers” is just one of the functions than i’m trying to incorporate to a very complete and useful script for all my subscribers at Eje in Motion.

I’m really new to writing scripts but i know that i will achieve it, and i’m having really fun, it feels like magic when you click that “play” button and see the Script doing exactly what you want it to do.

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Thank you Dan!! Now it’s working perfectly, but there’s another thing that i want to add, it is possible to keep adding the sequence to the already sequenced layers? Example: i sequence the layers by 5 frames, if i click it again now they’ll be sequenced by 10 frames, and if i click again they’ll be sequenced by 15 frames, and so on… is it possible?

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It worked, but now everytime they get sequenced they begin in the start of the composition instead of the inPoint of the Layers, what can i do?

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Thank you for this amazing tool! This will be one of my references to create new scripts, cheers!

Vincenzo Imbimbo
Creator of EJE in Motion