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Compatibility After Effects Please check exact version compatibility under the "COMPATIBILITY" tab below
Author: nab

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CloseConverts the selected properties to expressions and adds the current value. This locks the property with this value and it ignores any keyframes. This is useful for adjusting keyframed values at a different time than they are set at. It can also enable or disable the selected expressions.
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3.1 (Current version) - Jul 11, 2016
-- lock: write current property value to expression
-- unlock: set current property value from evaluated expression and remove expression
- 3.0 Added CS6 Compatibility - Dec 2012
- 2.7 Fixed foreign language compatibility with CS5.5 - Nov 2011
- 2.6 (Aug 2010)
- When there is an expression, the script locks the property and also stores the expression so that when unlocking the property goes back to its original state.
- CS5 compatibility.
- 2.5 Initial release on aescripts.com (Aug 2009)
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