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mattg83667320
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February 1, 2021
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Using extend script to to get the name of current After Effects filename

  • February 1, 2021
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I've decided to teach myself a little scripting to automate some of the tasks specific to my team. My first task to is to make a script that will take the selected comp, and match that name of the comp to match the name of the project file. In looking at the extendscript documentation I don't see the filename as a readable attribute of the project object. My quesiton is simply, how does one access the filename of the current AE project, using extendscript? we are using cc, AE 2019.

 

Thank you in advance,

Matt

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Correct answer Paul Tuersley
Somethinglike this would check if a project has been saved and if so give the name of the project:
var projectName = "Untitled";
if (app.project.file != null) {
 projectName = app.project.file.name;
}
 

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Paul TuersleyCorrect answer
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February 1, 2021
Somethinglike this would check if a project has been saved and if so give the name of the project:
var projectName = "Untitled";
if (app.project.file != null) {
 projectName = app.project.file.name;
}
 
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    Paul Tuersley
    Inspiring
    February 1, 2021

    Oh and you could always add to that:

    if (projectName.indexOf(".") != -1) { // if project has a prefix (e.g. .aep) strip it
    projectName = projectName.substring(0, projectName.lastIndexOf("."));
    }
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