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Simon_Zettervall
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May 15, 2013 7:51 AM UTC
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Run after effects script without opening after effects?

I have a project as a template. I want to run a script that injects itself with the project and replaces videos and text depending on the contents of my script file. So far so good, but can I run the script without opening after effects GUI? I use this now: afterfx -r c:\script_path\example_script.jsx. Is it considered best practice to have after effects GUI up and running if going to do many script changes on the template? Basically I am looking for the same functionality as aerender with no GUI.

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    chauffeurdevanCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 16, 2013 2:10 AM UTC

    -noui

    that's it

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    chauffeurdevanCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 16, 2013 2:10 AM UTC

    -noui

    that's it

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      amal lalt6687795
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      Feb 6, 2018 8:35 AM UTC

      Hey thanks for your anwser! But I have an issue in my AE. So this is my command line argument "AfterFX.exe -noui -r E:\work\MovieMaker.jsx",I am trying to run this in background without UI,The script is run,and the first process ,the after effects opens in background,after a few seconds it shuts down!. Nothing is done as per the script!.What's the isssue.This happens only when using -noui,else it is working fine.Thakyou for your any help.

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      Mathias Moehl
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      Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
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      Feb 6, 2018 9:58 AM UTC

      Maybe your script does things that rely on the UI. If your script uses the app.executeCommand() function, for example, it won't work with -noui (noui = no user interface => no menu)

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      Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
      Mylenium
      Mylenium
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      May 15, 2013 8:00 AM UTC

      To my knowledge scripts cannot change projects without the program actually running. Scripts merely call reflections of the internal commands which only are available when the program runs in full. Perhaps some of that has changed in AE CC, but I'm not aware of it.

      Mylenium

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      Simon_ZettervallAuthor
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      May 15, 2013 8:34 AM UTC

      Ok, thanks for the answer.

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