In After Effects Expressions, how to reference a Null Object in other comp?

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Papa De Beau picture Papa De Beau · Sep 4, 2011 · Viewed 13.1k times · Source

I am looking how to link a layer position property in one comp to a null position property that is in another comp.

Answer

winduptoy picture winduptoy · Sep 5, 2011

Apply this expression to the layer position property, replacing the names with their respective values:

comp("NAME_OF_COMP").layer("NAME_OF_NULL_LAYER").transform.position;

Let me know if this works!

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