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darrdze
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May 9, 2018
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After effects project open in script editor?

  • May 9, 2018
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Is it possible from After effects project somehow export it to javascipt file or open project in Script editor?

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    darrdzeAuthor
    Participant
    May 9, 2018

    I'm new to After Effects and tried to create this After Effects Tutorial: Hologram - YouTube  as example and now trying to convert it to Script. As I understood it is possible:

    1) convert to JSON and then upload JSON file to Script editor?

         or

    2) Buy 100$ worth of plugin which can export composition and layers to Script editor?

    P.M.B
    P.M.B
    Legend
    May 9, 2018

    darrdze  wrote

    I'm new to After Effects and tried to create this After Effects Tutorial: Hologram - YouTube  as example and now trying to convert it to Script. As I understood it is possible:

    1) convert to JSON and then upload JSON file to Script editor?

         or

    2) Buy 100$ worth of plugin which can export composition and layers to Script editor?

    You can try CompCode before you buy it to see if it's what you want.  Also it will be on sale for -25% starting in June.

    Myls suggestion of Immigration is a bit cheaper but not as "user friendly" (I luv that euphemism).

    Full disclosure...My coding knowledge lay entirely with MEL.  I've never done anything more complicated than a linear expression in AE, I've done only one Lynda.com introduction to JavaScript & I've never tried CompCode.  SO I'm essentially talking out of my neck....but my neck is pretty clever.

    ~Gutterfish
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    darrdzeAuthor
    Participant
    May 9, 2018

    JSON file can be also binary? So maybe it is possible to convert AE project to JSON file and then convert JSON file to Script editor?

    PGZ@Mobibase
    PGZ@Mobibase
    Inspiring
    May 9, 2018

    Not a coder here, but had to approach JSON format for a while, interesting that with Lottie, an animation like this :

    https://www.lottiefiles.com/128-around-the-world

    translates to JSON code like this :

    https://www.lottiefiles.com/storage/datafiles/e8edab32a32a8a9402f9cd63b457993c/Plane.json

    Which i guess could be manipulated in script editor ?

    Or am i off topic ?

    P.M.B
    P.M.B
    Legend
    May 9, 2018

    There's a plugin called CompCode that exports compositions & layers to code, but not entire AEPs.  Costs $100 too

    https://aescripts.com/compcode/

    ~Gutterfish
    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    May 9, 2018

    The AE file formats are not editable. They are binary. Even the now deprecated AEPX export only has partially editable sections such as e.g. text strings. You have to use tools like Immigration or write your own scripts and plug-ins for an editable meta project format.

    https://aescripts.com/immigration/

    Mylenium

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    darrdzeAuthor
    Participant
    May 9, 2018

    JSON file is also binary? So maybe it is possible to convert AE project to JSON file and then convert JSON file to Script editor?

    PGZ@Mobibase
    PGZ@Mobibase
    Inspiring
    May 9, 2018

    maybe this could help ?

    Lottie is a mobile library for Android and iOS that parses Adobe After Effects animations exported as json with Bodymovinand renders them natively on mobile!

    GitHub - airbnb/lottie-android: Render After Effects animations natively on Android and iOS, Web, and React Native

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    darrdzeAuthor
    Participant
    May 9, 2018

    Could be useful, but as understood not in my case, because Lottie is used only for android and iOS

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