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Some insight in finding and placing specific items in a specific folder
Hello Community, I have tried to find a script ( or parts of scripts) where I can find items, using only a part of the name / a specific word inside that item.So that later on I can place that...
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Correct layer order for exporting
Hi everyone! I'm trying to do something but I can't achieve it. As you can see in the image I have a composition with parented layers. I'm working on a exporter that converts the data from AE to json...
View ArticleScrollable panel gets truncated
I am trying to add a scrollbar to one of my panels (something I have tried for many years unsuccessfully). I stumbled across Peter Kahrel's ScriptUI documentation and he has the following working code...
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After Effects CC 2017 (14.0) New Scripting Functionality
After Effects CC 2017 (14.0) includes new scripting access to tools, composition markers, the Queue In AME command, and GPU acceleration options. The documentation and sample code below explains how to...
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Remember whether a checkbox was checked or not in a dockable UI panel, after...
Hi there, I have a dockable UI panel, where the user can hide or show various buttons by checking and unchecking checkboxes. After restarting After Effects I want the same checkboxes checked, as the...
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Extendscript for AE. Reference comp by NAME, not by index.
Hi everyone, first time poster. I'm making my own plugins for AE for my own toolkits. I have a main composition called MAIN_CONTROL. What i want to do is reference this by the name and not index. I...
View ArticleText animation Approach
How to modify, by script, the approach value of the text animation Thanks
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Open local folder
Hiiiiiii!!!! I can´t find any information about this. Does anyone know how to open a local folder using javascript inside after effects? There something about "window.open("file:///" " but doesn't...
View ArticleHow can I change an image in After Effect Design using a Node.js expression?
The project aims to create a video dynamically using node.js and php, starting from an adobe after effects project. All the texts and paths of the images in the video must be replaced dinamically using...
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How to interact between an Extendscript and C++ plugin?
I have developed a plugin for after effects using C++, i have written the UI for the plugin using extendscript, how can i send and receive data from the extendscript to the plugin?
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Extendscript - Adding a vector shape to a group.
I need help figuring out how to add the shape to a group. I need access to the group transforms so I can position each of the paths I am creating. Here is an image of what I would like to achieve....
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Extendscript Toolkit freezes intermittently when linked to AE CS 2014
Whenever I have ESTK linked to AE CC 2014 I get intermittent freezes, during which ESTK becomes unresponsive for a few seconds. Unlinking it from AE eliminates these freezes, but this obviously means...
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Download image with extend script
Hi.this is my codes for download image with extend script on after effects.what is the problem?my image created but it size is 0 kb.What should be in line 17 for the server?thanks all.webConnect = new...
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UI Panel submenu
Hello everyone,I'm actually struggling with UI Panel on extendscript.I managed to build a panel with multiple buttons, but not responsive or sizeable but i have a bigger problem, I want to "clean" my...
View ArticleHow to render to a stream (allow web users to stream rendering video)
I am using Adobe After Effects CC and ExtendScript to create dynamic videos and then let the user watch those videos. I looked at this tutorial (don't need to read this tutorial to understand the...
View ArticleAfter-Effects renders videos too big of a filesize; how to reduce filesize?
Problem: I render After Effects Video and get a file size too big - 4GB!Broken Solution: Use Adobe Media Encoder, but it is not supported by ExtendScript - 160MB (25 times smaller).More information...
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JSON throw syntax error
I've been scratching my head for the last couple of hours trying to get a JSON object into my script. I've been following this tutorial and several others and I've got the code below: // Testing data...
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get keyframe bezier handles magnitude values?
So we can get the handle's values like this: alert( app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0].position.keyOutSpatialTangent(1) ); but how on earth can I get the magnitude, or something else that would...
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Remove empty folders and Subfolders
Hello i'm trying to clean my project .i have a lot of empty folder and folder with subfolder inside .... Sometimes,i have many level off subfolders empty inside one and i try to delete them. i try this...
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hovertext for scriptui elements
Hey guys,This is probably the simplest thing in the world - how do you add hovertext for your ScriptUI elements in Extendscript?
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