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October 13, 2019
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Catalina kills ExtendScript. Visual Studio Code / Adobe Script Runner not speaking to Premiere

  • October 13, 2019
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I haven't been exactly a huge fan of the Adobe ExtendScript app for Mac OS, but I appreciated it's ability to quickly test snippets of code targeting various Adobe Apps.
 
The upgrade to Catalina means it's no longer available.
Been looking into Adobe Script Runner on Visual Studio Code.
 
Here are the issues I'm wrestling with:
1 - It seems incapable of running ExtendScript code in Premiere Pro
2 - Haven't found a substitute for the ability to run ExtendScript code via Mac OS command line.
(Using the 32-bit ExtendScript App prior to Catalina, this was the command: /Applications/Adobe\ ExtendScript\ Toolkit\ CC/ExtendScript\ Toolkit.app/Contents/MacOS/ExtendScript\ Toolkit -run /Path/To/ExtendScriptFile.jsx )

 

Did find this: Adobe help page w/ an example of running a JSX file via CLI on windows with the promising caveat
    "This command does not open a new instance of the After Effects application; it runs the script in the existing instance."
But on Mac, so far, it does launch a new instance.
 
Questions when it comes to Mac OS Catalina and ExtendScript files:
  • Is it possible to JSX files on Premiere Pro on Mac OS outside of a Custom HTML panel, from the Finder?
  • Is it possible to use Mac OS CLI to run JSX in PPro, AE, Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, Indesign, etc.  If so, which ones and how to?
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Bruce Bullis
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Bruce BullisCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 14, 2019

The ExtendScript Debugger works great (in OSX 10.14) with PPro panels; here's a video I made. 

  • Is it possible to JSX files on Premiere Pro on Mac OS outside of a Custom HTML panel, from the Finder?

While potentially possible, it is not-at-all recommended. Panels are the right place from which to execute ExtendScript.


Premiopolis
PremiopolisAuthor
Inspiring
October 15, 2019

As I was seeing it the ExtendScript debugging was happening the ExtendScript app, and the JS debugging was happening in the VSCode app.. One of the things that was great about the ExtendScript App was its ability to run code snippets directly to a targeted Adobe App. It was a nice convenience.

 

It was to the same ExtendScript app that you could make CLI calls to trigger the some JSX directly from, say Terminal.  There was a little security warning when you did that, but for testing snippets here and there it was overall a great little setup.

 

That's what I was hoping to be able to do now that ExtendScript is history, and VSCode is the replacement. I know it's not recommended, but it was a convenience. Possible?

 

Bruce Bullis
Community Manager
Bruce BullisCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 15, 2019

> One of the things that was great about the ExtendScript App was its ability to run code snippets directly to a targeted Adobe App. It was a nice convenience.

CEP HTML Test Panel 1 contains a convenient text control, that lets you fire ExtendScript. 

 

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