Free script for replacing multiple footage files
Hello! I made a simple script for easily changing multiple footage paths. I'm a 3D artist and found it a burden to replace all the vray render passes every time I rendered a new version. I'm sure it...
View ArticleHow do add a mask to a layer?
It may be basic but it seems confusing, please I need help
View ArticleAre scripts running way slower in AE CC?
I recently "upgraded" to the creative clous from Creative Suite 4 and for the most part the transition has been painless. Unfortunately there's a series of projects that are revisited quarterly that...
View Articlechanging the centerpoint for addlight
Using this example code:app.project.item(index).layers.addLight(name, centerPoint)I created the following test code where I add a light to my second scene (composition) in my project to create a...
View ArticleList of reference names for executeCommand();
Hey! Does anyone know if it is possible to get a list of all the reference names for the executeCommand(); function? To be more specific; i'm talking about a list of all possible "number names", like...
View Articleiconbutton: system resource matchnames
Does anyone know if there is a definitive list out there of the "matchnames" (for lack of a better term) for system icons available to iconbutton's? From scriptui-2-1.pdf I see there is a partial...
View ArticleLooking for a free expression script
Hi guys, So recently i bought Adobe CC and was eager to start with it. I forgot only one thing and that was to save my old scripts that i used in AE CS6. It was a free expression script wich looks...
View ArticleExtendscript Toolkit can't target AE 13.1
I just installed AE 13.1, but ESTK doesn't list it in the target menu. The documentation says the target list should be automatically updated. Is there anything I can do?
View ArticleGetting After Effects project properties and metadata programatically
Hi, I'm building a render-farm and I'd like to extract some of the adobe after effects project fields from an .aep or .aepx file. To me it makes more sense to send the start and end frames to be...
View Articlehow do I create sub tabs in a tabbed panel?
I am creating a tabbed panel, but within a section I need to add tabs to seperate content. Is there any way to do this?
View ArticleHow to get by script the system path of used font in composition?
Hi! I would get not only TextDocument attributes like a font, fontSize etc, but find where is used font installed (path). Is it possible to do by AE script? Thank you in advance!
View ArticleGet / Read Feed from URL?
I'm used to selecting, opening and reading a text file (CSV, JSON) from my local directory. I now have access to our data feeds online but don't know how to do the same thing with a URL instead of a...
View ArticleHow to make an HTML5/CEP panel
Does anyone know the best way to get into making these new panels for AE? I would like to know if there is a quick way to get one of these panels working -- I know there is information out there about...
View ArticleReveal in Finder
I was wondering how to do Reveal in Finder action with scripting?So far I can open folder, but would like to select that particular file as well. if ($.os.indexOf("Win") != -1) { var cmd =...
View ArticleScript example from Scripting Guide not working (Create Folder, add Comps)
Scripting Gurus- I copied an example script from the Adobe Scripting Guide and it doesn't seem to work as stated (page 80): // create a new FolderItem in project, with name “comps”var compFolder =...
View ArticleGet the color values from the info panel?
Hi! Is there any way to get the values from the information panel trough scripting?Ex. when pressing down the "F" button, get color values from current pixel.
View Article2014.1 - Appearance of scripts is incorrect
There are visual errors in various scripts when using them with the new 2014.1 update. Key example - the 'Immigration' script. A major part of this script's UI is a large white text list area where the...
View Articlefile object uri
I'm getting a files URI and using it in a Node.js command but AE seem to spit out the URI in the wrong format ie. /c/user/programfiles/names.csv . I'm guessing that I need to edit this string text or...
View Articlescript: add to adobe media encoder
Hello guys! First of all congrats about the new features, and the badass look of After Effects. I really enjoy it! But I'm really disappointed to see that the h264 render function is gone. That really...
View ArticleGet file list from URL/web directory
Hey guys, I have created a script for After Effects that can download multiple images from URLs that are given in an array. Now ideally what I want, is to get all the filenames of the files in a...
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