CompItem.exportAsMotionGraphicsTemplate() claims paths beginning with ~ (tilde) don't exist

Question

So this code (substituting the name of the user's home directory for [User Name] works great, the MOGRT is exported:

app.project.items[1].exportAsMotionGraphicsTemplate(true, "/Users/[User Name]/Work/test")

But this code throws an error saying the directory at ~/Work/test doesn't exist:

app.project.items[1].exportAsMotionGraphicsTemplate(true, "~/Work/test")

The ExtendScript debugger confirms the folder at ~/Work/test does in fact exist and is seen by the Folder object. This is a bug, right, and not something I'm just not getting?

Aaron Cobb · Accepted Answer

Okay, the real solution is getting the fsName of the folder and passing THAT into exportAsMotionGraphicsTemplate().

Douglas_Waterfall · Answer

Well, I guess an unfortunate behavior.

The parameter is not a File, which then would work as you expect out of the box.

Instead it is just a string, and the code does not appear smart enough to resolve it before trying to see if it exists.

Here is what you could do:

Create a File object with your ~path, then pass that File object and ask for the full path into the the export call.

Douglas Waterfall

After Effects Engineering

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