PresetsEffects.xml

[Hannesf]

I can't seem to find the PresetsEffects.xml in the new CC 2019 update, anyone know where it is?

[ToolfarmJP]

Hello,

It shoud be usually here. I have not found it, either. I see it in the CC 2018 folder. It may work if you copy it from CC 2018 to CC 2019.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files

[Hannesf]

Hey, I tried this earlier but it didn't seem to work. 😕

[mikemwagm]

Did you ever figure it out? I've had no luck, but I know it's somewhere. My pseudo effects still work when I apply them via extendscript...

[Hannesf]

Nope, no luck.

[Szalam]

If you're on a Mac, it's here: /Applications/Adobe\After Effects CC 2019/Adobe After Effects CC 2019.app/Contents/Frameworks/aelib.framework/Versions/A/Resources/xml/PresetEffects.xml

If you're on Windows, it's not accessible at all.

Hopefully, this will be fixed in a bug fix soon. It has been reported to Adobe.

In the meantime, pseudo effect presets created with 15 (CC 2018) can be applied in 16 (CC 2019). So, that's a workaround until it's fixed.  I've heard Pseudo Effects Maker from Jesse Toula still works on the new version for those who are using that.

[mikemwagm]

Thanks Szalam!

I don't use Jesses' Pseudo Effects Maker even though it is really cool. Do you have any idea how he adds the text fields?

[arthurh29427277]

Do you have any idea how he adds the text fields?

To say that I'd also love to know would be an understatement. Help, please.

[method1]

Hopefully this will help - it works for some presets.

Go to /Applications/Adobe/After Effects CC 2019/Adobe After Effects CC 2019.app/Contents/Frameworks/aelib.framework/Versions/A/Resources/xml/PresetEffects.xml

Right click on PresetEffects.xml and choose make alias.

Copy the Alias to: /Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2019/Adobe After Effects CC 2019.app/Contents

remove the Alias suffix from the alias.

Now your scripts should install - I've tried a few and 4/5 worked .

Good luck!

[Jai.C]

An update or variation to this in case anyone comes here looking is I placed the alias in.../Contents/Resources and that worked for me. I opened the .jsx I was trying to run/install and saw that it's code wanted to look in Contents/Resources for the PresetEffects.xml. So I tried moving it there and it worked. I wonder if this varies from script to script.