How to target the Source Text

[viratsharma56]

I am trying to edit the text for aep video. I am using this JSON for the purpose: const myJobJson = { "template": { "src": "file:///Users/virat/Downloads/sample/After Effect/Switch To Text Box Titles-2.aep", "composition": "01 Scene", "outputModule": "H.264 - Match Render Settings - 15 Mbps", "outputExt": "mp4", "settingsTemplate": "Best Settings" }, "assets": [ { "type": "data", "layerName": "01_01 Text", "composition": "01 Scene", "property": "Source Text", "value": "hello" } ] }

The layer structure of AEP looks like:

Getting this error: Can't find a property sequence Source Text for key: Source Textwithin layer: 01_01 Text

Can someone help me with this?

[JamesBotterill]

remove this from the asset "composition": "01 Scene"

You just need to reference the layer name, also the layer within the pre-comp 10_01 Text

[viratsharma56]

Hey James, thanks for helping out. But I have tried with this assets: "assets": [ { "type": "data", "layerName": "01_01 Text", "property": "Source Text", "value": "hello" } ]

But it shows the same error: Can't find a property sequence Source Text for key: Source Textwithin layer: 01_01 Text

I am not able to get this point: "the layer within the pre-comp 10_01 Text" in your comment

[viratsharma56]

@JamesBotterill can you help here?

[JamesBotterill]

apologies, the text seems to be within a "01_01 Text" pre-comp and not "01 Scene" as stated in your json object, this means it was looking in the wrong place.

I see that your pre-comp being the same name as the text layer this could be the issue as when the script is matching to an object in the project it finds the pre-comp layer first and not the text layer within it. I would try to rename of of the layers maybe the pre-comp to "01_01 Text Comp" and try again.

[viratsharma56]

Yupp, it works now. Thanks

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