Extendscript CS6, accessing "clear" button

[brandonl1018396]

Hi!  I'm new to the forum/extendscript, so I apologize in advance if this question has been asked already.  Does anyone know how to access the "clear" button on the time blend effect in AE CS6 through extendscript?  Thanks!

[zlovatt]

I've never seen a way to access that via scripting.

[Tomas Sinkunas]

I second Zack - there's no way to access this button via scripting. However, there could be a workaround for this.

Can you explain what this button does exactly?

Reset button would set default effect values, but what about Clear, what does it do?

[brandonl1018396]

Thanks for the responses guys.

The clear button basically "resets" the blending of the frames caused by the effect without changing the values of the accumulation.  You use this one if you see an error as you scrub through the layer. 

I'm just curious, is there a way to access the "reset" button?  Theoretically, wouldn't I be able to access  the "clear" button in a similar way?  Or is the work around method for the "reset" button is where you set all the parameters to "0" manually.

[Theodoros Tziatzios]

You can try this dirty work-around by making a script that:

1. Reads and stores the current values of CC Time Blend effect
2. Deletes the effect from the layer
3. Purges the image cache memory with: app.executeCommand(2372);
4. Re-applies the CC Time Blend effect and re-sets the values with the stored ones

Cheers.