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brian92i
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April 20, 2014
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how to install AE SDK in visual studio ultimate 2010

  • April 20, 2014
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Hi,

      I want to make plugins from visual studio ultimate 2010 and i don't know how to integrate my visual studio with AE SDK it's like they are just files no package of setup so i can click and install but i guess i have to configure the sdk,i am working with android sdk in eclipse but don't know how to use this one.

BTW i am a new programmer and learning this cool new language and also doing job with after effects and 3ds max for past 5 years.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Correct answer Arie Stavchansky

Unfortunately there is no clear step-by-step guide available for working with the AE SDK--although there was one from the 90s that is pretty tough to get through.  There should be one, though.  I had wanted write something like this a while ago, but thought that I needed more experience developing with the SDK in order to write something robust .  Maybe its something that can be done in the future.  If you run into any specific issues setting up VS 2010 for AE SDK, then by all means post the question here

Best,
Arie

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Arie Stavchansky
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April 20, 2014

Hi There,

Welcome to the forums.  It is a bit of a pain setting up Visual Studio 2010 or 2012 with the SDK, but it's totally possible.  The best place to start in the SDK guide under the "How to start creating Plugins" section on page 32.  They basically suggest that you open up the existing plugins that ship with the SDK and try to build them.  I ran into too many problem to count when I was getting VS2012 to work with the SDK, but I eventually did.  Check out a thread I had a while back about some issues I encountered with this:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5758040#5758040

Best of luck with the setup!

Best,
Arie

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brian92iAuthor
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April 21, 2014

Hi,

      Thanks for your great reply i greatly appreciate you efforts.

Arie the thing is that i saw the post you mentioned above and it's kind of tangled,isn't there anyway or any sourceful website for step by step guide because i already mentioned that i am a brand new c/c++ programmer and i have no experience how to do programming in c/c++ as i am android and java developer using eclipse tool so visual studio is somewhat a new world for me.

Please if you have any step by step guidence link or website in your mind,do let me know i anxiously look forward for a step by step guide,but let's say if you don't have anything i want it's perfectly fine i ll try to dig more and work and look in VS 2010 because may be i am new and that's why i can't find the SDK integration.

Once again Arie thanks for your helpful and fast reply i greatly appreciate your co-operation.

Thanks,

Brian

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Arie StavchanskyCorrect answer
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April 22, 2014

Unfortunately there is no clear step-by-step guide available for working with the AE SDK--although there was one from the 90s that is pretty tough to get through.  There should be one, though.  I had wanted write something like this a while ago, but thought that I needed more experience developing with the SDK in order to write something robust .  Maybe its something that can be done in the future.  If you run into any specific issues setting up VS 2010 for AE SDK, then by all means post the question here

Best,
Arie

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