Math.min() bugged in AE CS5.5
Just as an FYI for people who still have to support old platforms - if you run into some weird bugs in CS5.5 when using Math.min(), this could be why: for some reason Math.min() in CS5.5 only works...
View ArticleColor Labels
What kind of data are label colors being saved as in prefs ? I know this was discussed in a post but can't find the exact post....Thanks Alan. "Label Color ID 2 # 1" = FFB60505 "Label Color...
View ArticleGetting a box text anchor point after resizing it
Maybe this has been addressed but I can't find info about it. Here's the description of my problem: 1.- I create a box text and I can calculate the text's anchor point because is right in the box...
View ArticleHow to "empty the cache" by a script?
Hallo I´ve set up a SSD for my After Effects Cache Drive and love the speed. BUT:Most times I open After Effects, a massage came up that says, that my cache drive is full. So, is there a way to delete...
View Article[Tutorial] After Effects ExtendScript Script Writing
Hi all, just wanted to share a new tutorial series I have launched today that I think a lot of you may find helpful. We've all posted here in this forum looking for help with scripting. There are many...
View ArticleopenDialog filter fail in ExtendScript
Hi, I used to have a working script but for some reason it's not working anymore on multiple Macs. The problem lies in the the openDialog method's second parameter; filter. This is the script that I...
View Articlegenerating TreeView is very slow
Hi. Any idea why generateTreeViewItems funcion is so slow? It takes about 2 seconds to generate treeview once editText field is active. Is it CC2015 or did I do something wrong here? Thanks. var...
View ArticleExtendScript "new Window" not working in CC 2015?
I have to create about 400+ After Effect lower thirds. Luckily in CS6 I created an script to help me, but now in CC 2015 the script doesn't run. And the support chat can't support, but saying that...
View Articlesocket header
Hi there,I have an After Effects CC project that display soccer games data which I want to update by downloading a JSON file via AFX scripting and parsing it. I know nearly nothing about javascript...
View Article[Free AE script] High Pass filter
Thought I would share this with the group. For those needing a quick way to make a High Pass filter for motion tracking and/or sharpening your footage in After Effects. I have a video tutorial and...
View ArticleScriptUI: get dimensions of container that uses autolayout?
Is there no way to get the dimensions of a ScriptUI container that uses autolayout? What about the root container (window or panel)? I am trying to write a custom layout for a group and I want it to...
View Articlemultiple onClick
hi, What should I do in order to make all onClick buttens to do index button alert? var myWin = buildUI(this);if (myWin != null && myWin instanceof Window) { myWin.show(); } function...
View ArticlexapGImg:image Location
Hi there, <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"> <xapGImg:height>162</xapGImg:height> <xapGImg:width>216</xapGImg:width>...
View ArticleOwn bridge thumbnail preview
Hi there, I would like to create animated thumbnail previews for some .ffx in the Bridge. Is that possible? I use AE CS6. Best regards
View Articleforcing debug mode in ESTK
Hey, is there a way to force debug mode at given point? Id like to do smth like this in a loop:if(array[i] === something) forceDebugMode - to check some values at that time.
View ArticleShutdown script not working
I'm trying to clear the cache at shutdown because we're having some issues with disk space due to user cache. I've tried both app.executeCommand and app.purge but it doesn't seem to be working. One...
View ArticlemyDropDownList.onChange hide/visible buttons, staticText etc but scroll...
Here is my code, but the thing is when i change my ddList all the panel objects stay in the same place, so the thing is that i want to hide things but scroll up that things to have more ordered my...
View ArticleCan I have my Custom Effect settled separately from PresetEffects.xml?
Does Adobe After Effect have any Environment Variable pointed to custom .xml file, different from PresetEffects.xml? That would be great not to edit original PresetEffects.xml but keep my own .xml and...
View ArticleIs it a good idea to add preset effects using presetEffects.xml?
HiI'm currently working on a plugin using scriptUI.One thing I'm doing is adding a control-null, which have a lot of expression controls.My basic problem is I would like to sort these into groups, for...
View ArticlemyPanel.grp.myTabbedPanel.myTab1.onChange = function
How can i make an onChange or onClick function to my tab?? { function myScript(thisObj){ function myScript_buildUI(thisObj){ var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj :...
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