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• "Other Math methods" on page 562
• "Comp attributes and methods" on page 562
• "Footage attributes and methods" on page 564
• "Layer subobjects attributes and methods" on page 565
• "Layer General attributes and methods" on page 565
• "Layer Properties attributes and methods" on page 567
• "Layer 3D attributes and methods" on page 568
• "Layer Space Transforms methods" on page 569
• "Camera attributes and methods" on page 570
• "Light attributes and methods" on page 571
• "Effect attributes and methods" on page 571
• "Mask attributes and methods" on page 572
• "Property attributes and methods" on page 572
• "Key attributes and methods" on page 575
• "MarkerKey attributes" on page 576
See also
"About expressions" on page 543
"Add, edit, and remove expressions" on page 545
Global objects
Return type: Comp.
comp(name)
Argument type: name is a String.
Retrieves another composition by name.
Return type: Footage.
footage(name)
Argument type: name is a String.
Retrieves a footage item by name.
Return type: Comp.
thisComp
Represents the composition containing the expression.
Return type: Layer, Light, or Camera.
thisLayer
Represents the layer containing the expression. Because
example, you can start an expression with
Return type: Property.
thisProperty
Represents the property containing the expression. For example, if you write an expression on the Rotation property,
you can start an expression with
Return type: Number.
time
thisLayer
thisLayer.width
to refer to the Rotation property.
thisProperty
is the default object, its use is optional. For
or and get the same result.
width
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