Master295966323kng

Participant

Question

Set Work Area to Selected Layers with script, command id

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
April 26, 2023
2 replies
508 views

How to "Set Work Area to Selected Layers" with a script?
app.findMenuCommandId("Set Work Area to Selected Layers") writes 0.
Or if there is no way, how to trim comp to selected layers area. I wanted to set the work area to selected laters and then trim comp to the work area. But if there is no way to do these two things with a script, how to achieve this with short steps?

This topic has been closed for replies.

Community Expert

Community Expert

Here is an Automation Blocks script to set the workarea to all selected layers:

See this post for more details.

If you want to script it yourself without Automation Blocks, you can use the same logic for your js code.

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects

Community Expert

Community Expert

https://hyperbrew.co/blog/after-effects-command-ids/

the command number for trimming the comp to the work are is 2360.

i couldn't find a command number for setting the work area to the selected layers.