Apply animation preset

spewperb · **Joined:** Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:18 am **Posts:** 4

Hi everyone,

Im trying to apply a custom animation preset to a layer but I keep getting a

"Unable to call "applyPreset" because of parameter 1 - /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS3/Presets/Custom Preset.ffx is not a File or Folder Object"

My code looks like:

Code:

function projectItem(name)
{
   var items = app.project.items;
   j = 1;
   
   while (j <= items.length) {
      if (items[j].name == name)
      {
         return app.project.item(j);
         break;
      }
      j++;
   }
}

projectItem("test").layer(1).applyPreset("/Applications/Adobe After Effects CS3/Presets/Custom Preset.ffx");

Please help!

Mylenium · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:07 am **Posts:** 139

You may need to escape the path delimiters and convert the spaces.

Mylenium

Paul Tuersley · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:25 am

This should work:

Code:

var thePreset = new File("/Applications/Adobe After Effects CS3/Presets/Custom Preset.ffx");

if (thePreset.exists == true) {
   theLayer.applyPreset(thePreset);
} else {
   alert("no preset found at specified path");
}

spewperb · **Joined:** Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:18 am **Posts:** 4

Cheers Paul, worked like a treat!

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