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Andrei Popa
Andrei Popa
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December 8, 2017
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Make scripts run from an external text editor.

  • December 8, 2017
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I know that After Effects scripts can be run from the Atom text editor. I have no clue how . I asked on their forum, and they asked me to get more information from the adobe after efffects people. So is it possible to run extendscript scripts from outside the program. What should i search in order to get the right information? I don't even know at what exactly to pay attention... Should i link the text editor to extendscript to run them, or directly to after effects?

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Correct answer Andrei Popa

I found the answer for atom text editor.

Install the process-palette package. In the process-palette go to edit>global commands and add a new one. Name it something suggestive. On the shell command line add "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2018\Support Files \afterfx.exe" -r {fileAbsPath} if you are using Windows orosascript -e 'tell application "Adobe After Effects CC 2018" to activate' -e 'tell application "Adobe After Effects CC 2018" to DoScriptFile "{fileAbsPath}"' if you are using Mac. I haven’t tested the Mac version yet. You may have to replace the \ code with the actual character("\").

It may also work with other text editors that can use commands.

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Andrei Popa
Andrei PopaAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 8, 2018

I found the answer for atom text editor.

Install the process-palette package. In the process-palette go to edit>global commands and add a new one. Name it something suggestive. On the shell command line add "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2018\Support Files \afterfx.exe" -r {fileAbsPath} if you are using Windows orosascript -e 'tell application "Adobe After Effects CC 2018" to activate' -e 'tell application "Adobe After Effects CC 2018" to DoScriptFile "{fileAbsPath}"' if you are using Mac. I haven’t tested the Mac version yet. You may have to replace the \ code with the actual character("\").

It may also work with other text editors that can use commands.

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