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  I need to loop through the layers in the active document and the value of the properties of the layer is false or true.  I tried to create a loop using a method 'for', but it doesn't seem to work. I have renounced the method 'for' because I kept running into a problem.  I have set all layers with these settings just the odd ones (2,4,6, etc.). Here is sample if it was written.

  myLayer = myDoc.layers var [2];

  myLayer.visible = false;

  myLayer.locked = true;

  myLayer = myDoc.layers var [4];

  myLayer.visible = false;

  myLayer.locked = true;

  myLayer = myDoc.layers var [6];

  myLayer.visible = false;

  myLayer.locked = true;

  myLayer = myDoc.layers var [8];

  myLayer.visible = false;

  myLayer.locked = true;

  I have 208 layers, so doing it this way would be way to long. Any help would be appreciated.

  Illustrator CC 2014 running.

  After I wrote this and tested, I saw that Carlos had already answered, but I thought that I would post it anyway. Carlos KNOWS how much I love JS... ;-)

  One difference is that, since it was not clear to me which layer you talk like layer #1, I started at the bottom of the scale.  I hope this helps.  -TT

  var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
  var lc = aDoc.layers.length;
  for (var i = 2; i <= lc; i+=2) {
      var curLayer = lc - i
      aDoc.layers[curLayer].visible = false;
      aDoc.layers[curLayer].locked = true;
  }
  

• Scripting inDesign: Loop through the layers

  I'm doing a script that will:

  To loop through all the layers in a document.

  Add the layers unlocked in table

  Loop in this table and glue them in place on each layer.

  I don't know how to loop through all the layers.

  Here is my script (I used? to represent where would the loop through all the part of layers):

  JavaScript document

  Set up a table to keep unlocked layers

  var layercollection = [];

  Browse layers and unlocked the layercollection table

  for (i = 0;? i ++) {}

  app.activeDocument.activeLayer = app.activeDocument.layers.itemByName (?);

  If (app.documents [0] .layers.) ([i]). Locked) == false;

  layercollection.push (Layers.itemByName ([i]))

  }

  Loop in table layercollection and paste in place

  for (i = 0; i < layercollection.length; i ++) {}

  app.activeDocument.activeLayer = app.activeDocument.layers.itemByName (tl [i]);

  app.pasteInPlace (); Dough

  }

  Can someone help me complete my script.

  Thank you!

  Did you test them all your solutions in a real world scenario?

  Theoretically, it should work this way (if one ignores that a layer is invisible, too), but even without the problem of invisible layers app.pasteInPlace () prefer to paste into the original layer, if the option "Paste remembers Layers" is checked.

  So I recommend you do the following:

  var oldPasteRem = app.clipboardPreferences.pasteRemembersLayers;
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  app.clipboardPreferences.pasteRemembersLayers = false;
  
  for (i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.layers.length; i++) {
  
      //Maybe the user does not want objects pasted to invisible layers:
      if(app.activeDocument.layers[i].visible == true && app.activeDocument.layers[i].locked == false) {
          app.activeDocument.activeLayer = app.activeDocument.layers[i];
          app.pasteInPlace();
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  };
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  app.clipboardPreferences.pasteRemembersLayers = oldPasteRem;
  

  Uwe

• How to loop through the layers of the children of a group with jsx?

  Need to change the name of a child layers in a group? How to get there?

  Kind regards

  Dorothy

  What is giving you problems?

  Perhaps this example can help:

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  alert (theLayers.join("\n"));
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    else {};
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• for loops with the name of the layer.

  I developed a script that checks if the layer color-101 exists in an open document.

  If the layer color-101 exists executes the block of code on layer color-101.

  If the layer color-101 are not running action Add layer color-101.

  Back at the beginning of the loop to check again

  I do it with a loop for and if statement.

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  2. how the loop can return to the beginning to check again the presence of color-101 layer?

  
  

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  Your loop does not actually stop to find the right layer. He is content to display the alert popup window, then continues. Also the 'not found' - part will still raise. And the comparison must be 100% equal without difference case or spaces or 'copy 12' - suffixes.

  Try something like

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• How to stop a clip of a loop at the end of my main timeline?

  I have searched and tried many suggestions and couldn't quite find a solution to my specific challenge.

  I use Adobe animate CC to produce HTML5 banner ads, no is put in place as a HTML5 Canvas document.

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  Is it possible to get to the level of the layers only highlight?

  For example, I want to get an object/array that contains only the layers highlighted in blue:

  

  I'd rather not select the work to achieve this.

  Thank you!

  M

  This gives a shot.

  It will leave you with a table containing the layers you had selected in the layers panel when the script is run.

  You can see the bottom I loop this table so you can see each name and origin of visibility

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  Hello!

  I was wondering if anyone knows of a script that would allow me to change the selected layers (single or multiple selection) in 'Light Blue' or all the colors in the menu drop-down? (see attached screenshot)

  I found the following but it changes all layers and is the RGB color.

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  John

  as far as I can tell this is only possible with a few other modifications... Since 'selected' is not a property of "layers" javascript cannot determine if you see a highlighted layer in the layers panel.

  you could do one of 2 ways. Depending on how many layers you want to change the color, you can either make those visible or hidden (for example, if you want to change to 80% of the layers of a specific color, hide others 20%). and then simply add a clause inside the loop if for.

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• After a slower to Retiming Effects? reversing the clamp is slower that make it real

  Hi just a request, really.

  So far it seems 2014 is faster, more optimised, making it generally more quickly than the cc on the same machine

  I just made a movie of 1080 x 5760 1 minute. It has a grid of 100 scripted or more of precomps who move, expand and are expressed in remapped time.

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  I want to create a script that could analyze everything stabilized footages in my computer and

  based on the value of the "automatic" scale, he tagged every image with custom colors.

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  So the problem is on channel 77: comparison is not successful. Isaid that the first "If" statement 135 > 120 does not work and error alerts.

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  var myName = myComp.layer(i);                                                                   // our layers
  var myEffect = myName.property("Effects").property("Warp Stabilizer");          //  we are interesdet in "Warp Stabilizer: effect 
  var myName = myEffect.property("ADBE SubspaceStabilizer-0017").name;       //  getting "Auto-scale (%number%)"  header from "Warp Stabilizer"
  var numIdx = myName.indexOf("(");
  
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                  var myPct = parseFloat(myName.substr(numIdx+1));                    // parsing that %number% from "Auto-scale"   
  
                  alert (myPct);    // ---------- here I receive four values from my test footages (three times 135 and once 107)--------
          }else{
      alert("No percentage found.");
      }
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  var myStab2=parseFloat(pal.num2.text);
  var myStab3=parseFloat(pal.num3.text);
  var myStab4=parseFloat(pal.num4.text);
  
  
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  var myLabel2=parseFloat(pal.color2.text);
  var myLabel3=parseFloat(pal.color3.text);
  var myLabel4=parseFloat(pal.color4.text);
  
  
  
  
   // I don`t know why, but it says that first "if" statement 135 > 120 doesn`t work alerts an error.
  
  
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  I think one of the biggest problems is that you used the myName variable to store the layer and then reused to store the name of effect, so by the time you tried to apply the label you were trying to apply the name of the effect. I also imagine that labels must be applied on a per layer basis, which means that the bottom if instructions should actually be inside your loop of model layers.

  This should be a little closer to what you are after. If you haven't done so already, be sure to enable the javascript debugger in EI General prefs, because in this way, you will get errors that will help understand you what you're doing wrong.

  Here's a question for you... How do you put your code in an area you want to keep the formatting?

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  pal.solidBt = pal.add ("button", 100, 175, 200 (195) and "Scan"); button "analyse".

  PAL. Al = pal.add ("StaticText', [10, 10, 100, 30], 'AutoScale'); text "" AutoScale > "."

  PAL. Al = pal.add ("StaticText", 235, 10, 290 (30) and then "color"); text 'then the color '.

  / * Text autoscaling entered * /.

  PAL.num1 = pal.add ("EditText", (10, 30, 60, 50) and "120");

  PAL.num2 = pal.add ("EditText", (10, 60, 60, 80) and "130");

  PAL. NUM3 = pal.add ("EditText", 10, 90, 60 (110) and "140");

  PAL. NUM4 = pal.add ("EditText", 10, 120, 60 (140) and '150');

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  PAL.color2 = pal.add ("EditText", 235, 60, 290 (80) and "2");

  PAL.color3 = pal.add ("EditText", 235, 90, 290 (110) and "3");

  PAL.color4 = pal.add ("EditText", 235, 120, 290 (140) and "4");

  pal.solidBt.onClick = analyzeBt_OnClick;

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  Analyzing the layout

  function analyzeBt_OnClick() {}

  / * Text entered "Auto scale" variable * /.

  var myStab1 = parseFloat (pal.num1.text);

  var myStab2 = parseFloat (pal.num2.text);

  var myStab3 = parseFloat (pal.num3.text);

  var myStab4 = parseFloat (pal.num4.text);

  / * Text entered variable 'then the color' * /

  var myLabel1 = parseFloat (pal.color1.text);

  var myLabel2 = parseFloat (pal.color2.text);

  var myLabel3 = parseFloat (pal.color3.text);

  var myLabel4 = parseFloat (pal.color4.text);

  var app.project.activeItem = myComp;

  for (var i = 1; i)<= mycomp.numlayers;="" i++)="" {="" selecting="" all="" layers="" of="" the="">

  myLayer var = myComp.layer (i); our layers

  var myEffect = myLayer.property("Effects").property ("stabilizer Warp"); We are interesdet in "stabilizing Warp: effect."

  If (myEffect! = null) {}

  var MyName = myEffect.property("ADBE_SubspaceStabilizer-0017").name;

  var numIdx = myName.indexOf ("("); ")

  If (numIdx >-1) {}

  var myPct = parseFloat (myName.substr (numIdx + 1)); analysis that «Auto-scale» %nombre%

  Alert (myPct); -Here I get four values of my footages of test (135 three times and once 107)-

  If (myPct > myStab1) {/ / comparing "Auto scale (%nombre%) with text entries"}

  myLayer.label = myLabel1; If true, the application of labels to our layer

  } ElseIf (myPct > myStab2) {}

  myLayer.label = myLabel2;

  } ElseIf (myPct > myStab3) {}

  myLayer.label = myLabel3;

  } ElseIf (myPct > myStab4) {}

  myLayer.label = myLabel4;

  }

  }

  } else {}

  Alert ("no percentage found.");

  }

  }

  }

• Need animation to loop once, several layers

  I'm new to Flash and cannot find a solution in a search.  I have a file Flash 3 layers.  The bottom layer has a static JPG.  The 2nd layer has a shape tween.  The top layer is an MP3 audio clip. If I do just a preview in Flash, it seems, runs once, just what I want.  But if I export as SWF, it performs a loop continuously.

  I also tried to put a stop(); in the last frame of each layer.  None of these combos worked.  If I then exported as SWF, it runs the audio layer once and kill animation of the 2nd layer altogether.

  How to export just this ting as SWF, loop once, with audio and animations of each layer?

  (screenshot of my work attached)

  Get rid of any stop() command, that you may have added so far.  Create a 4th layer before all the rest and add a keyframe at the end where the rest of the layers are finished.  In that last picture of key frame, add a stop(); command.  See what ends up doing.

• How to choose among the layers

  I created a Keynote slide with several layers. Because the layers overlap or cover each other, how can I select a layer that is under one or more other layers if I want to organize or edit? Is it possible to see all the layers included on a given slide in order to choose the one I want to work on?

  I use Keynote 7.0 on macOS Sierra on a MacBook Pro.

  Thank you!

  option 1

  Click on the top layer of the set of objects to select, then press the button SHIFT and then on the tab on the keyboard to move to the bottom of the layer, press the tab key to move the layers

  option 2

  If your objects have an attached building you will see the object selected in the build order list

  If there is no attached effects, temporarily add an effect (blur has the least to impact on objects or melted)

  Inspector > animate > build order

  Click the object in the list of construction required to select: