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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...

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How do add a mask to a layer?

It may be basic but it seems confusing, please I need help

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Are 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...

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changing 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...

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List 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...

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iconbutton: 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...

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Looking 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...

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Extendscript 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?

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Getting 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...

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how 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?

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How 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!

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Get / 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...

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How 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...

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Reveal 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 =...

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Script 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 =...

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Get 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.

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2014.1 - 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...

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file 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...

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script: 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...

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Get 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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