Controlling slider from presetEffects.xml
Hi I have a script which adds a slider to a null using the presetEffects.xml. <Effect matchname="controls" name="$$$/AE/Preset/Controls=Controls"> <Slider...
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I can create a newBrush to modify the container backgroundColor, but I want to know how to modify the button color ??
View ArticleHow to create a interactive graphic in ScriptUI ?
This is a ScriptUI panel,I want to know how to create the interactive graphic?When I click the point in the graphic,it will be selected.
View ArticleAbout the scriptUIPath
Who can give an example of theScriptUIPath,about it properties and methods. I dont understand how to use it,like moveto(), lineto(), rectPath(), closePath(), etc. Or provide some books about...
View Articleextendscript app crash on preferences panel when clicking on colors and fonts...
hello there,I'm newbie to After effects scripting.i'm using AE cc2015 with extend script app (osX el captain).here is my problem : when i try to change font size in preferences panel, the app crashes...
View ArticleHow to create a AE color picker?
I dont want to use the colorpicker built-in system, I want to create a AE colorpicker, how to do that ?
View ArticleAE CC 2014 Dropdown menu width oddness
Anyone come across this before? I've just converted the office production environment over to AECC 2014 last week and I'm noticing some ScriptUI quirks. We're running the latest update, 13.2x49, and...
View ArticleCannot launch target Adobe After Effects CC 2015!
Hello, I just installed ExtendScript CC 4.0 Toolkit on my MAC running OS X El Capitan, I get this error message when trying to connect to After Effects from within ExtendScript Cannot launch target...
View ArticleAfter Effects Automation Script - Color Key Multiple WMV Files and Render...
Hello, I'm fairly new in Adobe After Effects automation scripting but I was wondering if it's possible to open multiple WMV files (each file has the identical background color) and use an automated...
View ArticleExecute callSystem in silent mode
Is it possible to run callSystem in silent mode?I am runing this command for a few times, and that black screen keeps poping up. Hoping there's a way to execute it in silent mode?cmd = 'cmd /c...
View ArticleAdd linear 4 color gradient somehow?
Hi, is it possible to somehow, through scripting, add a 4-color-gradient effect to a layer that uses linear gradients? I can add the 4-color-gradient effect, however that one uses circular gradients...
View ArticleAfter Effects error: having to focus on ourselves??
I am working on an extension for AE that uses Angular. I have a lot of things watching assets, and I suspect that might have something to do with this, but was curious if anyone else has ever...
View ArticleSourceRectAtTime(keyTime, false) not updating?
This is a pretty basic question. I have 1 text layer to which I added 2 keyframes on the scale property. I need to record its width and height at each key index. It is point text (although eventually I...
View Articleruning jsx file with arguments in mac 10.11( El Capitan)
Hi, I am trying to run the jsx file from terminal with arguments. can any please help me on this. Below are the steps i have done. I have written a script on apple script on run argv...
View ArticleHow to get composition name
Hi all, how can I get a name of a composition where a specific layer is? Thanks,Martin
View ArticleSet Security using scripts
Hi All, I am having a strange situation here, I want to change this property Pref_SCRIPTING_FILE_NETWORK_SECURITY Scripts buts its not allowing me. . Can any one suggest that how it can be...
View ArticleCreating a folder structure at a defined location on your desktop from AE via...
I've written a script that creates a folder structure in my AE project view but I would like to then be able to run another script (eventually tied to a button on a GUI panel) that allows me to define...
View ArticleSublime type shortcuts in ESTK [windows]
Hi there, I have discovered a nice little trick for adding functionality to ESTK to mimic nice Sublime text workflow. . . Using a utility called Hotkeyp. You can create commands that direct hotkeys for...
View ArticleKeyframeEase object
Hi.I am trying to work with KeyframeEase object. `var easeIn = new KeyframeEase(Speed, Influence)`. If I set `Influence` to 0.01, AE complaints that it’s out of range `0.1 - 100`. BUT how come I can...
View ArticleHow can use the script code get the every particle position at the TC...
How can use the script code get the every particle position at the TC particular? i get all the Properties ,but i can't find "the every particle position" Properties thank you:)! TC-particular...
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