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I would like Adobe ExtendScript back, who's with me?

studiovanzwet
Community Beginner ,
Aug 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021

Hope you agree.

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Bruce Bullis Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee , Mar 28, 2023 Mar 28, 2023

Your concerns are valid. I loved ESTK too.

It's dead, and is not coming back. 

I'm sure you're aware that all Adobe applications are moving from extensibility based on ExtendScript + CEP, to extensibility based on JavaScript + UXP; some have already moved. This makes additional investment in ESTK even less likely. 

Ugly? Perhaps. It's also very customizable. You can make comments appear in Comic Sans, just like ESTK did, if you like.

Not native? Okay, but literally hundreds of PPro partners use VSC

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Lumigraphics
LEGEND ,
Dec 18, 2023 Dec 18, 2023
In Response To Bruce Bullis

How about giving us good documentation and up-to-date tools for all Adobe apps? We STILL don't have a replacement for the Object Model Viewer which is probably the best part of ESK. Documentation still ranges from spotty to opaque to just incorrect. VSC isn't much of a Mac app. Adobe hasn't been clear on a roadmap for where scripting is headed, either.

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Bruce Bullis Adobe Employee
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Dec 18, 2023 Dec 18, 2023
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> Adobe hasn't been clear on a roadmap for where scripting is headed, either.

Scripting is heading to UXP. 

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schroef
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Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023
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Have you tried running CEPclient under Rosetta?

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schroef
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Dec 16, 2023 Dec 16, 2023
In Response To Bruce Bullis

I wonder if UXP can already do what most of ExtendScript can do. I dont see much info about that. Documentation is lacking but also support in UXP

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