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Tomas Sinkunas
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Tomas Sinkunas
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Feb 21, 2020
11:42 AM
Well, there's this app.project.item(X).duration;
Not sure about EXIF data though.
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Feb 20, 2020
11:35 PM
Agh, I see.
Dont use app.findMenuCommandId(), as it depends on language, instead use app.executeCommand(ID) - this will work on all AE languages.
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Feb 20, 2020
10:52 AM
What about this? Im not sure about values for in/out tangents, as it's specific for every case, but here's a general code, that uses some random tangents.
var watchNull = thisComp.layer("Watch null");
var particleMotion = thisComp.layer("Particle Motion");
var null135 = thisComp.layer("Null 135");
var p1 = watchNull.transform.position.value + particleMotion.transform.position.value;
var p2 = null135.transform.position.value;
var p3 = [1460, 0];
var points = [p1, p2, p3];
var inT1 = [-10, 0];
var inT2 = [-10, 0];
var inT3 = [-10, 0];
var inTangens = [inT1, inT2, inT3];
var outT1 = [10, 0];
var outT2 = [10, 0];
var outT3 = [10, 0];
var outTangens = [outT1, outT2, outT3];
createPath(points, inTangens, outTangens, false)
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Feb 20, 2020
07:48 AM
I’m having a hard time getting the inTangents and outTangents to work. I have a path with 3 points, and when I add [3] to in tangents and [3] to outTangents I get an error….thoughts?
Arrays start with index 0, not 1. Therefore, when you have 3 elements in the array (inTangents for instance), then the index of the last inTangent is [2], not [3];
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Feb 20, 2020
07:44 AM
1 Upvote
getFiles() does not guarantee you'll have a sorted alphabetical list. To fix this, simply sort those files like so:
var listFiles = listPasses[i].getFiles();
listFiles.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.name > b.name;
});
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Feb 20, 2020
12:33 AM
No, it doesn't seem to be possible.
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Feb 19, 2020
12:10 PM
5 Upvotes
There you go. Works for Win and OSx:
function copyToClipboard(string) {
var cmd, isWindows;
string = (typeof string === 'string') ? string : string.toString();
isWindows = $.os.indexOf('Windows') !== -1;
cmd = 'echo "' + string + '" | pbcopy';
if (isWindows) {
cmd = 'cmd.exe /c cmd.exe /c "echo ' + string + ' | clip"';
}
system.callSystem(cmd);
}
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Feb 19, 2020
11:40 AM
You can find more info in the docs: http://estk.aenhancers.com/4%20-%20User-Interface%20Tools/window-object.html?highlight=alignchildren#container-properties
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Feb 19, 2020
11:10 AM
Im afraid this is not possible.
There's no way to open an Effects Panel for a specific layer, there's simply no API for this.
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Feb 19, 2020
11:00 AM
It doesn't work for you, because btna is not defined;
The way you fixed/hacked it, is:
You created a new variable var btna and assigned group.add() method to it. That's fine, btna is now defined;
Then you go and treat btna variable as an array btna[i] - this makes little to no sense at all - it's a function, not an Array. Please don't do that, as it makes your code completelly unreadable. And that's where all future bugs start to happen.
Since there's no indication how you're using btna variable later on in your code, you could just as easy ditch this variable and create an unassigned button by simply typing grpContainer.add("button", undefined, dataField[i][1]);
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Feb 19, 2020
10:35 AM
You need to save selected file into a variable. Then check if user canceled or selected something. If nothing selected - abort, else do your magic.
P.S. Please use Inset/Edit code samples button that looks like this </> to post your code snippets - it makes so much easier to read your code.
btn.onClick = function() {
var aseFile = File.openDialog('Select *.ase file');
if (aseFile) {
var data = app.parseSwatchFile(aseFile);
cleanUpGroup(grpContainer);
parseColor();
updatePanel(win);
apply();
}
}
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Feb 19, 2020
12:59 AM
This is rather a straight forward way of doing things.
The magic here is element.alignment and parentGroup.alignChildren properties.
(function() {
var win = new Window('palette', 'script', undefined, {
resizeable: true
});
win.alignChildren = ['fill', 'top'];
var grpLine1 = win.add('group');
var btn1 = grpLine1.add('button', undefined, '1');
var btn2 = grpLine1.add('button', undefined, '2');
btn2.alignment = ['right', 'top'];
var grpLine2 = win.add('group');
var btnMiddle = grpLine2.add('button', undefined, 'MIDDLE BUTTON');
btnMiddle.alignment = ['fill', 'top'];
btnMiddle.preferredSize.width = 300;
var grpLine3 = win.add('group');
var btn3 = grpLine3.add('button', undefined, '3');
var btn4 = grpLine3.add('button', undefined, '4');
btn4.alignment = ['right', 'top'];
win.onResizing = win.onResize = function() {
this.layout.resize();
};
win.center();
win.show();
})();
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Feb 16, 2020
10:38 AM
1 Upvote
You should be looking at enabled property:
http://docs.aenhancers.com/layers/layer/#layer-enabled
myLayer.enabled = false;
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Feb 13, 2020
07:19 AM
1 Upvote
If the window opens too big, you can always assign a default size for it:
win.preferredSize = [x, y];
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Feb 13, 2020
07:02 AM
Try this
var buttons = [];
var folder = new Folder("/Volumes/Server/Video/CAPi RenderBot Source/Logos/");
folder.getFiles(function(file) {
if (file.fsName.split('.').pop() === 'png') {
buttons[i] = buttonsRow.add('iconbutton', undefined, file, {
style: 'toolbutton',
});
}
});
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Feb 13, 2020
06:59 AM
Pay attention to my #3rd step - you are adding iconButtons into an array of buttonsRow[i], that most likely throws an error.
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Feb 13, 2020
06:52 AM
What ID was it?
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Feb 13, 2020
06:50 AM
Here's a snippet by @zack_lovatt how to implement Responsive UI:
https://bitbucket.org/snippets/zlovatt/XKb7k/extendscript-responsive-layout
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Feb 13, 2020
06:40 AM
Can you be more specific? What line throws an error?
1. On line 3, why are you assigning a file name to a variable, when you should assign a FIle object? var f = new File(file[i]);
2. Is file variable an array containing 4 or more existing files (line 3)?
3. Are you sure you are using buttonsRow[i].add(/.../) properly? Shouldn't it be buttonsRow.add(/.../)
4. Is buttonsRow actually a Group or Panel object?
It's hard to pint point the issue without seeing the entire code.
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Feb 11, 2020
12:43 PM
Nope, sorry, such thing doesn't exist.
I remember having similar disscusion with other devs regarding this. The sugested outcome wass to build an object with respectfull IDs and their names, but have no idea how it ended up.
FYI, have you looked at @david_torno's PDF files? https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-menu-command-ids/
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Feb 06, 2020
06:04 AM
1 Upvote
Thanks, Mike for kind words towards Flow.
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Feb 04, 2020
08:22 AM
1 Upvote
It's all in the docs:
http://docs.aenhancers.com/other/textdocument/#
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Feb 02, 2020
09:37 AM
1 Upvote
You have to specifically set it to be active, and then innactive.
That's stupid, but that's how this works:
iconbotton.onClick = function(){
this.active = true;
this.active = false;
};
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Jan 27, 2020
12:53 PM
Any reason you need to launch scripts as a dockable panel?
Jsut wondering the use case.
When I develop script, I always run them as floating windows. I only test my scripts as dockable window as a last step, once all the functionality is coded.
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Jan 27, 2020
12:48 PM
Nope:)
Scripts are loaded on app-launch.
I see where you're going with this - you'll have to restart AE:)
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Jan 27, 2020
12:40 PM
Unfortunatelly, that's not possible.
Scripts have different scopes when launched from Window -> ... or File -> Scripts etc. That's just a nature of it, and that's how AE works, and there's no way around this.
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Jan 27, 2020
04:56 AM
1 Upvote
You're doing it a proper way.
To put it in a simple form: CEP HTML panel is just a UI element, that uses modern JS features. ExtendScript is the language that manipulates AE dom, and it's ES3 only.
So, write CEP with modern features, but write JSX part in ES3.
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Jan 24, 2020
05:30 AM
Try this instead:
positionArray.push(myComp.layer(p).position.value);
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Jan 22, 2020
01:05 AM
Here's a barebone function that will check if Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network is enabled or disabled
function canWriteFiles() {
var appVersion, commandID, scriptName, tabName;
appVersion = parseFloat(app.version);
commandID = 2359;
tabName = 'General';
if (appVersion >= 16.1) {
commandID = 3131;
tabName = 'Scripting & Expressions';
}
if (isSecurityPrefSet()) return true;
scriptName = (script && script.name) ? script.name : 'Script';
alert(message = scriptName + ' requires access to write files.\n' +
'Go to the "' + tabName + '" panel of the application preferences and make sure ' +
'"Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network" is checked.');
app.executeCommand(commandID);
return isSecurityPrefSet();
function isSecurityPrefSet() {
return app.preferences.getPrefAsLong(
'Main Pref Section',
'Pref_SCRIPTING_FILE_NETWORK_SECURITY'
) === 1;
}
}
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Jan 22, 2020
01:01 AM
I second @JustinTailor - AE scripting still uses old ES3 standard, so there's no native support to forEach/map/filter etc. functions.
If you're experiencing situations where these methods are available, it's because some other 3rd party tool is globally modifying Array prototype, and injecting these functions into the global scope.
Therefore you should always code in the ES3 environment for Scripts and never rely on prototype modifications.
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