Using im.MatrixColor inside a conditionswitch (while using variables inside file name)

[namastaii]

I can do this in Python but I didn't want to if I didn't have to as this isn't my project anyway but basically, there are images with conditionswitches and they work perfectly fine with variables in place to switch the files etc

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image example = ConditionSwitch(
    "condition 1 etc", "images/image_[variable].png",
    "condition 2", "images/image_[variable]_2.png")

But if I add an image manipulator to the image, it suddenly doesn't recognize the variable. I get an error saying "Can't find file "image_[variable].png" and I've tried %s and {} with .format() and it just tells me the variable is not defined.

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image example = ConditionSwitch(
    "condition 1 etc", "images/image_[variable].png",
    "condition 2", im.MatrixColor("images/image_[variable].png", im.matrix.brightness(-0.2)))

Is there any way to do this while keeping it all in one image definition still? If I have to resort to creating multiple images, then I'm just going the Python route.

[Kia]

try:

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"images/image_{}.png".format(variable)

[namastaii]

I did haha (I commented below the first example I tried that) and yeah doesn't seem possible, I had to go with another route

[Kia]

that's odd, I just tested it and it works fine for me, maybe the initial value is missing or it's a file name mismatch.

[namastaii]

when I do it that way I get an error saying the variable doesn't exist. if I take out the im.matrixcolor then it reads the variable fine. so I don't really know. we ended up just making a .png layer to trigger in the live composite instead but yeah not sure why this wouldn't work. I asked in discord multiple times and nobody could help me.

[Kia]

it always helps to pin point the problem if you create a new project and test just that part of the code in it. maybe the problem has roots in other parts of the code