5. Properties

Properties

Now creating composition and layers is cool, but we'll probably need more than that. Here's how to affect the different layers we've created.

Transform

layers:
  - name: The layer
    transform:
      scale: [50, 100]
      opacity: 50

That's it. Every transform property is available by using the name you see in After Effects.

Again, Hyle is selection-aware.

transform:
  position: [0, 0]

Will apply to all the currently selected layers in your interface.

Effects

effects:
  - type: Gaussian Blur
    name: My Gaussian Blur
    properties:
      bluriness: 50

The above snippet will apply gaussian blur and rename the effect "My Gaussian Blur" on the currently selected layer in your active composition.

Values

Until now we have only used static values but Hyle will also support keyframes and expressions.

transform:
  opacity:
    valueAtTime: 
      - time: 1
        value: 0
      - time: 5
        value: 100
        expression: "loopOut('pingPong')"

valueAtTime will create our keyframes while the expression will also be applied. You can have as many valueAtTime as you want.