setValue() to levels effect not returning expected value

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greenlimejuice
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Joined: July 27th, 2017, 5:07 pm

I'm trying to add a levels effect to a composition and set the value for "Input Black" and "Input White"

However, when I run the script in After effects I see values thousand above what I put in. 

Here is my code:
myComp.property("Effects").property("Levels").property("Input Black").setValue(118);
myComp.property("Effects").property("Levels").property("Input White").setValue(141);

The value I get in After Effects are:
Input Black = 30090
Input White = 35955

On my last line of my code, I even added an alert to tell me the value of input white and it said it was 141 so I know nothing later in the code is changing it. 

What am I not understanding? 
greenlimejuice
Posts: 2
Joined: July 27th, 2017, 5:07 pm

Dan Ebberts answered my question on creative cow. 
"Colors need to be normalized to be between zero and one. So this should work to get 141:

myComp.property("Effects").property("Levels").property("Input White").setValue(141/255);"
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