Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 565)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
560
• “Time conversion methods” on page 561
• “Vector Math methods” on page 562
• “Random Numbers methods” on page 563
• “Interpolation methods” on page 565
• “Color Conversion methods” on page 566
• “Other Math methods” on page 566
• “Comp attributes and methods” on page 567
• “Footage attributes and methods” on page 569
• “Layer Sub-objects attributes and methods” on page 569
• “Layer General attributes and methods” on page 570
• “Layer Properties attributes and methods” on page 571
• “Layer 3D attributes and methods” on page 572
• “Layer Space Transforms methods” on page 573
• “Camera attributes and methods” on page 574
• “Light attributes and methods” on page 575
• “Effect attributes and methods” on page 576
• “Mask attributes and methods” on page 576
• “Property attributes and methods” on page 576
• “Key attributes and methods” on page 580
• “MarkerKey attributes” on page 581
See also
“About expressions” on page 547
“Add, edit, and remove expressions” on page 549
Global objects
comp(name) Return type: Comp.
Argument type: name is a String.
Retrieves another composition by name.
footage(name) Return type: Footage.
Argument type: name is a String.
Retrieves a footage item by name.
thisComp Return type: Comp.
Represents the composition containing the expression.
thisLayer Return type: Layer, Light, or Camera.