Dropdown Menu Expression Control in After Effects

Adobe After Effects CC 2025: How to Dropdown Menu Control Effect This tutorial will show you how to use the Dropdown Menu Control Effect to create simple menus with multiple choice options to control various aspects of your animations in Adobe After Effects CC 2025. Expression:var menu = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Dropdown Menu Control")("Menu").value; menu == 1 ? 100 : 0; ——————— Check out my After Effects User Guide Course: https://aeuserguide.com Gear I Use:https://mikemurphy.co/resources To try or buy Adobe After Effects CC 2025: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe (affiliate link) Terrapin Textures Video Assets: https://mikemurphy.gumroad.com/l/orangepastel ⭕️ Check out my Domestika Course on Adobe Audition: https://mikemurphy.co/domestika —————— Chapters: 00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial 00:16 What is a Dropdown Menu Control? 00:38 Example: Show/Hide Layer Visibility 01:04 How To Create Dropdown Menu 01:16 Create Null Object 01:33 Add Effect (Dropdown Menu) 01:46 Edit Menu 02:23 Rename + Add Menu Items 03:10 Tap T for Opacity Property 03:24 Line 1 of Expression 04:21 Add .value 04:46 Line 2 of Expression 05:12 Line 2 Explanation 05:41 Test Expression 06:26 Copy + Paste Expressions 07:10 Reveal All Expressions (EE) 08:13 Animate Dropdown Menu Effect 09:16 Merry Christmas! —————— How To Add Dropdown Menu Control Effect: 1. Add Footage Layers 2. Create New Null Object 3. Go to Effect Menu 4. Select ‘Expression Controls’…Dropdown Menu Control 5. Click the Padlock in Effect Controls for ‘Dropdown Menu’ 6. Click ‘Edit’ in the Effect Controls Panel 7. Click + to add menu items 8. Click in each line to Rename 9. Click ‘OK’ to create Menu 10. Select Layer 1 to Show Hide 11. Tap T for Opacity 12. Opt/Alt + Click on the Stopwatch next to Opacity 13. Enter Expression 14. var menu = (Drag expression pick-whip to the Dropdown Menu Control) 15. Enter .value at the end of the first line 16. Tap Enter/Return to go to the next line of the Expression 17. menu == 1 ? 100 : 0; 18. Select Opacity Property 19. Go to Edit Menu 20. Select ‘Copy Expression Only’ 21. Select the other layers that are in the dropdown menu 22. Paste Expression 23. Tap EE to Reveal All Expressions 24. change menu == 2 ? 100 : 0; 25. change menu == 3 ? 100 : 0; 26. change menu == 4 ? 100 : 0; --------------------------------------------------------------- ➜Amazon Influencer Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mikemurphyco ➜See All My Gear: https://www.mikemurphy.co/podgear ➜ Get Adobe Creative Cloud: https://mikemurphy.co/adobe ➜Screencast Software:  Screenflow: https://mikemurphy.co/screenflow --------------------------------------------------------------- ➜ VISIT MY WEBSITE: - https://mikemurphy.co ➜ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST -https://mikemurphy.co/mmu ➜ SOCIAL MEDIA: - Instagram: http://instagram.com/mikeunplugged - Facebook: https://mikemurphy.co/facebook - Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikeunplugged - YouTube: https://mikemurphy.co/youtube Amazon Associates Disclosure: Mike Murphy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com