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Subject: Re: [AE] expression and parent rotation value
From: Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:17:52 -0700
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parent.transform.zRotation is a valid expression and should work fine.

Do you get an error when trying this?

Phil


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On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:08 PM, tolga burcak wrote:

> Hi,
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> I want to ask a question about expressions.
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> I have a comp named "Nodes". There are 15 same precomped layers in it
> named "Node". I'm rotating all nodes in different values for each. I
> have a layer in "Node" comp and I want to make it rotated. I'm trying
> to subtract the parent layers rotation value but i couldnt access it
> dynamically.
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> I dont want to use like this:
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> comp("Nodes").layer("Node1").transform.zRotation
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> because i dont want to populate Node1, Node2,...Node15 in project
> panel. It may be another, (not hardcoded) way i guess.
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> I want to access rotation value like this:
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> parent.transform.zRotation
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> I hope i could tell my question clearly. Thanks :)
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