What happened to File/Scripts/Open Script Panel???

[Rick Gerard]

I have not worked on writing a script for a couple of versions of After Effects. I'm on a Mac using AE 2024 and can't find the extended scripts editor anywhere. I checked the documentation and searched the forums, and I found nothing. I've reset preferences, uninstalled, and tried everything I can think of. The only post I found on the missing File/Scripts menu item was a post from Dan Ebberts about something in the upper left corner using a Windows machine. I would love to know where it went and how to find it on a Mac.

[Alex White]

I think this has something to do with discontinued ESTK on macOS due to ARM processors (M1-M3) incompatibility.

[Dan Ebberts]

The Windows version (.exe) here still works, I'm not sure about the Mac version (.dmg):

https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources/tree/master/ExtendScript-Toolkit

[Rick Gerard]

The DMG in the link provided by Dan will not run on a new Mac. 

I guess I'll have to look for some other solutions. Any suggestions for scripting tools?

[Alex White · Accepted solution]

Sure, Adobe made ExtendScript Debugger for VS Code:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Adobe.extendscript-debug

https://community.adobe.com/t5/exchange-discussions/extendscript-vscode-debugger-2-0-2-live-in-the-v...

[Airweb_AE · Accepted solution]

Video tutorial: