How to retrieve Effects of a Layer

[manohar]

hi..
I want to retrieve all the effects of a layer(If it has any..). How to do that using script..
can anyone help...!!

What is the procedure to know that whether a layer has any effects applied to it or not.. I saw isEffect attribute of PropertyBase object in Scripting guide., but don't know how to use that coz whats that propertySpec stands for...?

any help greatly appreciated...
thanx in advance..!!

[Paul Tuersley]

Here's an quick example that reports how many effects are on the first layer in a selected comp:

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var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;
var theLayer = activeItem.layer(1);
var theEffects = theLayer.Effects;
if (theEffects) { // if not undefined the layer can support effects
	alert("There are " + theEffects.numProperties + " effects on this layer");
} else {
	alert("You can't apply effects to this type of layer");
}

[manohar]

hey...!!
thank u very much Paul...
i got it...