Group¶
All properties in the Timeline are organized into groups, which share some attributes of properties like name and propertyIndex. Groups can have a fixed number of properties (e.g. an individual effect whose properties don’t change) or a variable number of properties (e.g. the Effects group itself which can have any number of effect within it).
- Top-level groups in a Layer:
Motion Trackers
Text
Contents
Masks
Effects
Transform
Layer Styles
Geometry Options
Material Options
Audio
Data
Essential Properties
- Nested groups
Individual effects
Individual masks
Shape groups
Text Animators
numProperties¶
Description
Returns the number of properties or groups directly within a group. This does not include properties nested inside child groups.
Tip
Find the number of effects applied to a layer with thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade").numProperties using the match name to remain language-agnostic.
Type
Number
propertyGroup(countUp=1)¶
Description
Returns a higher-level property group relative to the property group on which the method is called. See propertyGroup(countUp=1) for additional details.
Type
Group
propertyIndex¶
Description
Returns the index of a property group relative to other properties or groups in its property group.
Type
Number
name¶
Description
Returns the name of the property group.
Type
String