It you're trying to remove the Effects property group rather than the individual effects. You might have more luck with this: { var myComp = app.project.activeItem; var myEffects; for (var i = 1; i <= myComp.numLayers; i++){ try{ myEffects = myComp.layer(i).Effects; for (j = myEffects.numProperties;...

It's been a while since I've done it, but I would expect the scale to not affect the width from sourceRectAtTime(). This is because you're scaling the layer, but you're measuring the layer's source. You should be able apply the same scale factor to the width value to come up with the adjusted value....

>Would this be the place to use the while statement? I can't think of any way that would help you. There are a number of options. One would be to isolate the wiggle like this: x = value[0]; w = wiggle(2,200) - value; if(time > 1 && time < 3){ ease(time,1,3,[457,366],[1040,366]) }else if( tim...

>meaning that I'm adding noting to [x] and adding the variable to y? Yes - that's it. I think your latest expression should look more like this: x = value[0]; w = wiggle(2,200); if(time > 1 && time < 3){ ease(time,1,3,[457,366],[1040,366]) }else if( time >3 && time < 5){ [x,w[1]] }el...

wiggle generates an array, so if you only want 1 dimension wiggled, you split it out (as w[1] for y, in this case).

Try this:

Dan

I think this is closer to your original idea:
Dan

What are you trying to do, exactly? There are a lot of problems with your expression. For example: The wiggle is not used at all. Your ease should look more like this: ease(time,2,outPoint,[640,400],[640,200]) The ease isn't compatible with the last statement ([x,y]) be cause ease generates an array...

This seems like it might be a good job for Pixel Bender. Here's a simple one-pixel slice with a control to let you set the y position for the sample: <languageVersion : 1.0;> kernel BarCode < displayname : "Bar Code"; category : "Pixel Bender Effects"; namespace : "AfterEffe...

Sure. Here's an opacity expression that would make a layer invisible unless the first character of the text in "My Text Layer" is "A":

txt = thisComp.layer("My Text Layer").text.sourceText;
txt[0] == "A" ? 100 : 0


Dan

You have to specify the whole path:

var myFilePath = "C:/Temp";
var myFileName = "test.txt";

var myFile = new File(myFilePath + "/" + myFileName);
var fileOK = myFile.open("r");


Dan

Did you try the binary encoder?

QT.encoding = "binary";


Dan

If I run this on a Mac and open the result in Win Notepad, I don't get any strange characters: { var myOutputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please navigate to output folder."); var myFilePath = myOutputFolder.path + "/" + myOutputFolder.name + "/" + "test.txt";...

My guess would be that maybe you didn't get the XML quite right. What did you add to the file?

Dan

What happened when you tried it?

Dan

This should help:

http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workfl ... m-effects/


Dan