Updating button icon issue
Hi, thanks for stopping by.Working with scriptUI panel and trying to update icon for my button, but something goes wrong with my code, I guess...Can someone write what is the problem here? var...
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Can't place button to needed position.
Hello! Please help with my little ui building trouble)I have a tabbed panel and one little button. And i can't set correct position for this controls. I attach a picture with explanation and copy part...
View ArticleTrouble using shift-click function in AE-CC
Trying to use a shift-click function for a script in AE-CC, The function works perfect in AE-CS6, but when i try the script in CC it does not work. Any idea of what could be wrong in my code? var win...
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 Articleexecute aerender from php
I am trying to execute the aerender shell command from a php file called batchrender.phpwith the following content and execute it via web browser <?php passthru('/Applications/Adobe\ After\...
View ArticleHow to add custom attributes or properties to compositions and layers
Hi all, Would it be possible to add custom properties to compositions and layers that our exporter would then be able to process?These would have no visuals in AE but would affect the rendering in our...
View ArticleAfter Effects Pesonalization – How?
What options are available to personalize the AE video in similar or same capacity as that provided by Idomoo, Sunday Sky and many others?Does Adobe have plans to offer such a solution in the future?...
View ArticleHow to filter array of file-names?
Hi everybody, I'm trying to populate a list with files of a specific file type and then import the selection from my list into my current AE project. I've got a folder with many subfolders. So far I...
View ArticleEnable Advanced Comp Settings > Template Text via Script?
Hello, I'm trying to figure out if there is anyway to enable the new AE setting for 'make text editable in Premiere' via ExtendScript (Composition Settings > Advanced > Template (unlocked text...
View ArticleCopy mask to another layer
Hi, Is there any way I can copy a mask to another layer with all his keyframes ? I'm looking for a faster way than having to run a loop and setValueAtTime every keyframes. ( I have a keyframe at each...
View ArticlePackaging extensions for After Effects CC
hmm....I've downloaded the exchange packager and I'm using that to create my .zxp file out of my fully functioning extension but I am unable to get the zxp file to fucntion as it should. When I install...
View ArticleLoading JSON files from URLS/File Paths into a After Effects
Basically, I want to make a script in which the user enters a file path or URL of a JSON file, the file is loaded and the user can manipulate the data in various ways within After Effects. I got as far...
View ArticleseedRandom returns "undefined"
This is a bug, isn't it? For example I pasteseedRandom(10,true); as expression in sourcetext of a textlayer.I tried it in a new clean project it returns "undefined" everytime. No problem with random,...
View Articlesystem.callSystem on mac
The CS6 documentation only explains using system.callSystem to start a .exe on a Windows OS but I'd like to use it to start an a program on a mac. I assume this is poosible but the documentation...
View ArticleI have 1000 @ 30sec videos to render with a different photo, name text, and...
I have 1000 30sec videos to render. They are for marketing and each contain the owner's name, owners photo, and company name. The name, co name, and photo all have the same effects applied in each...
View Articlenode_module's not working
I've an extension that uses to node modules (jsftp and emailjs). When I run the extension from c:\programs files\adobe\after effects 2014\support\ it works flawlessly. However I want this extension to...
View ArticleHow to get/set textDocument.fontSize at character/word level using after...
Following is the text in scripting guide documentation TextDocument fontSize attributetextDocument.fontSize NOTE: If the text layer has different font size settings for each character, this attribute...
View ArticleIs there any way to skip after effects warning while wrong expression is...
when I use script to apply a new expression to a property,after effects warning will come out if the expression is wrong.I what to skip the warningI found some infomation about autoFixExpressions(),but...
View ArticleIs there a way of scale a null proportionally to an rectangle shape layer...
HiI am trying to add something to someones script that changes the size of a shape layer to the size of a text layer. I am trying to work out if there is a way to scale a null proportionally to the...
View ArticleUsing Singleton Pattern to Retain Previous Variable Values?
Is it possible using ExtendScript to retain the previous value of a property even after it has been updated by the user? I know after effects expressions update every frame, but I believe script values...
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