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Creating an expression for a single property


    When you write an expression in After Effects 5.5, you do not need to specify the property on which the expression is written. The default object for the expression is now the property on which the expression is written, followed by the layer containing the expression. This shortens the expression. For example, a wiggle expression written on a layer's Position property in After Effects 5.5 may merely read as follows:

    wiggle(5,10)

    In After Effects 5.0, by contrast, the same expression reads as follows:

    position.wiggle(5,10);

    You must still specify the layer and property when retrieving them from outside the layer and property that the expression is written on--for example:

    this_comp.layer("OtherLayer").position.wiggle(5, 10);