It's my understanding it has to be tied to a specific effect property, but I can't confirm right now. However there is a plugin / scripting language called Hyle that can do this, it's actually quite amazing and worth a look. I mainly use it for easily editable dynamic project templates but it's so much more powerful than that. I did get it on sale for $40 so it may be a bit expensive for this one task, but the workflow optimizations alone are worth it IMO

-TG

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Zack Lovatt <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Hey all,

Trying to universalize some expressions of mine for conversion to presets, and running into a roadblock.

Is it possible to save a 'raw' expression as a preset, so that you can apply it to any selected property? Or can you only save it as a preset if the expression is applied to a specific property?

As a practical example, say I have some amazing wiggle settings I want to save. Do I have to save it as applied to a layer's 'position', and then copy+paste it elsewhere afterwards, or can I save it raw and just apply it to the properties I'd like to as I go?

Hopefully this makes sense!

Zack Lovatt

416.786.4129

www.zacklovatt.com

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