[Submission] /for console slash-command [SUBMITTED]

[Kristof]

Ah, thank you so much, @Movalex!

[SecondMan]

@Movalex - very nice idea, thanks!

But it can be a touch simpler, and this works across platforms:

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1. --[[
2. tool script to get tool's ID. Useful if you do expressions
3. or use a Reactor 'Slash For' script a lot
4. and you don't want to keep in memory, that Resize tool is actually a 'BetterResize',
5. and MaskPaint is actually a 'PaintMask'.
6. Tool ID will be copied to the clipboard, and printed in the console
7. ]]--
8. tool_name = tool.ID
9. bmd.setclipboard(tool_name)
10. print(tool_name)

[danell]

@SecondMan I tried to use your script in F16.1.1 but getting this error:
...ive\Program\Fusion\Settings\Scripts\Comp\Get Tool ID.lua:8: attempt to index global 'tool' (a nil value)
any idea why?

EDIT:
Adding tool = comp.ActiveTool first in the code made the script work again for me

[Midgardsormr]

It's a Tool script, not a Comp script. It must therefore be located in Scripts/tool and then run by right-clicking the tool in question and choosing it from the Script section of the context menu. Or you can do what you've done to run it as a Comp script.

[BrainSmashR]

Does this script work in DaVinci?
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get it to edit shading elements 2 and 3 (outline and shadow) for text+ clips....

[SecondMan]

Yup, works just fine in DaVinci Resolve. I'll answer this particular question in your Node editing topic.

[ShadowMaker SdR]

Yup, works just fine in DaVinci Resolve

Do you mean on the timeline as well, or just in the Fusion page of Resolve?

[SecondMan]

In the Fusion page. Timeline didn't even cross my mind. Not sure how that would work, but it's an interesting thought.

[ShadowMaker SdR]

The timeline is a strange hybrid at the moment. You can right-click/animate, publish etc in Fusion clips, but they are all seperate compositions, so you cannot connect various attributes/values to each other. On the other hand, it appears that there are some timeline/clip related scripting options, so in theory you should be able to iterate through all the Fusion clips and collect a couple of values that could be manipulated. At least, that's what my layman's brain thinks.