selecting a control layer
Hi community ... I am writing a script that end up with a control layer and some slider effects on it.When the script is done to create all the stuff I wanted it to, the Master Control Layer should be...
View ArticleReload a secuence of pictures
Hello. Iwill like to know how I can reload a secuence of a item inside project. via scriptting .Thank you If any could help me. Reggards and sorry my bad english.
View ArticleCannot prevent ExtendScript debugging while running scripts from After Effects
Hi, I am facing this issue while running scripts from within After Effects. Whenever I am trying to run a script in After Effects, the script opens up in ESTK in the debug mode. The execution waits at...
View ArticleFind comp in the project
Hello guys. Simple question: I have a layer (it's a composition layer) selected in the composition and I need to find it in the project window. How would I go about this? There are instances, when...
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javascript UI: folders?
Hi! Is it possible to create a custom UI in After Effect with "folders" like this?: At this moment I see only one way - is to "undock Panel" and add another Panel: But this isn't the way that I want...
View Articleadding date to filename
I'm trying a to automatically add the date to an items name in the render queue. I have the following. var x = app.project.renderQueue.item(1).outputModule(1); alert (x.file.name); This returns the...
View ArticleRandom Seed
Hi guys. Is there any logical way how to implement Random Seed? Curently I am using Math.random(), bus I'd like to have ability to control seed for that random. As far as I know random generator is...
View Articlehow to check this is sequenses or not, and what a best way remove item
Hi guys, try to rename sequence in after effect, but i don't know how i can get type of footege(sequacious or just a one file), also how a get numbers of frame from sequence, because in future i need...
View ArticleDrop Down List index - my script does not recognize the index line in my...
AE script Community- I am a designer not a programmer so bare with me. I'm just trying something simple, baby steps and I can't for the life of me to get this simple script to work. I saw the script...
View ArticleParenting layers by script in AE
Hi folks,I am working on writing a script with the extend script toolkit, that creates a number of solids, positionedin a circle and so on. Now I want to parent all these created layers to a controler...
View ArticleAuto select an item in a child node of a TreeView UI control?
Hi There,I'm having some issues with a TreeView control in my UI that I cannot seem to resolve, and thought I would ask if anybody here has done this type of thing. My TreeView is made up of a...
View ArticleAfter Effects save location and ExtendScript
I am pretty new to After Effects scripting and I'm fairly new to the programming world (1+ years experience). My question has multiple possible answers I guess, I'm looking for a way to have After...
View ArticleDynamically adding checkboxes: Problem w/.onClick()
I'm working on a script that finds a folder in my project named "compsRENDER" and then creates checkboxes for each comp and sets the text to the comp name - which works. I'm not sure how to handle the...
View ArticleHow import AE Shape paths and their Fills to Illustrator?
Hello, i had imported a few hundred Illustrator paths to After Effects, then used "Create shapes from vector layer" to make them editable Shape layer paths to then run scripts that equalize the...
View ArticleGetting the time of a particular keyframe
Hi There, I took a look at the Scripting Guide, but after a cursory search + read couldn't find the answer to my question there, so I thought I would reach out here. How can I get the time value for a...
View Articleimport data in After Effects
hello,is it possible to import data from other sources by using scripts in AE? I would like to generate a composition that uses a var "name" that would be taken in a list of names in a database or a...
View ArticleScriptUI Panel .onClick help
Here is my code. function myScript(thisObj) { function myScript_buildUI(thisObj) { var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette", "Align 3D Layers", undefined,...
View Articlepopulating dropdownlist in ScripUI
I was shown how to poplate the .name value of an AVlayer selection in to a drop down list with this method. var userSelection = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers;var selectionNames = [];for (var...
View ArticleScript changes in After Effects CC
Hey guys, does anyone know ahout the script changes in the next version of After Effects?Any details?
View ArticleFile open/exists problems under Mavericks
If I try to open a file under Mavericks, it says Path is not a valid path even if the files exists for real. I even tried app.project.file.exists for an opened project, and it return false. Anybody...
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