Create Nulls From Paths, Error: No paths selected. BUT IT IS!!!!

Question

HI:I’m working on a facial rig. All the elements are shape layers. I want to drive the eyebrows with Nulls that control the path. I made the face shapes a few days ago. Today I went in selected the layer. Opened its contents and selected path. Then I went to Windows>Create Nulls From Paths and selected Points Follow Nulls. I got an error message stating, “Error: No paths selected.” Huh? There is a path selected. I went and created a new shape layer, set down a new path and tried to run the script again and it worked. Why is the older layer not functioning as expected?

chartoonz · Accepted Answer

OK. Weird update. I just tried it again and now it works. Did not do anything different. What the actual….?????

davidwarner11t · Answer

The older path may not be recognized as a standard editable path by After Effects. Try selecting the actual Path property under the shape group, not the group itself. If a new path works, compare its structure with the old one there’s likely a difference in how the original path was created or converted.

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