Strange, which version are you testing with and what dialog is causing the error? (I'm on AE 16.1.1 and testing with the Save Changes before Closing dialog but it's not throwing the error.) I believe only certain functions cause that issue but not low-intensity checks like appStatus. ... View more

Gotcha, this question just came up recently. I believe the solution was to check the appStatus: if(BridgeTalk.appStatus === "IDLE"){     // Do Stuff } ... View more

To answer the first response: It's generally not a good idea to constantly run scripts in your application as they can slow down user performance and you can run into issues like this. It's better to check for updated values with the user hovers/interacts with your tool. To answer the second response: CEP is an awesome framework, it's definitely more complicated than everything contained in a single script file like with Script UI, but you're still coding in Javascript/Extendscript for the most part, and now you can access Node.js and all the npm modules which are way faster than Extendscript and open up endless possibilities for your tool. To get started, download the sample panel: Samples/AfterEffectsPanel at master · Adobe-CEP/Samples · GitHub And follow the cookbook to get up and running: CEP-Resources/CEP 8.0 HTML Extension Cookbook.md at master · Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources · GitHub Basically, copy the extension to your global extension folder Win(x86): C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions Win(x64): C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions , and C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions (since CEP 6.1) Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions Enable PlayerDebugMode Win: regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Adobe/CSXS.8, then add a new entry PlayerDebugMode of type "string" with the value of "1". Mac: In the terminal, type: defaults write com.adobe.CSXS.8 PlayerDebugMode 1 (The plist is also located at /Users/ <username> /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.CSXS.8.plist) And then launch AE, and start changing stuff and see how the example functions work. ... View more

Sorry for the frustration, really sounds like a hardware issue at this point. I encountered this when I used to edit off an iMac with an older Nvidia GPU built-in. When I started having rendering issues in non-Adobe apps I knew it was a hardware issue, so had to replace the machine. Could also look into eGPU options if everything else on your current Mac is working well. ... View more

Yea you're right, onClose() doesn't seem to work with dockable Script UI panels only windows. You could try checking if the window is visible with window.visible, and if not then cancel the Task from inside the task function. If you want more functionality for things like this, I definitely recommend looking into CEP panels if you haven't already. A bit more complicated, but offer way more possibilities. ... View more

Always use double backslashes in Javascript/ExtendScript to represent the single backslash for Windows paths, otherwise, it's interpreted as escaping characters: var myFile = new File('C:\\AE Note_DATA\\DATA_MN.txt'); Also, you need to define mainNotesField before setting myEditText to it, or just do away with myEditText altogether and replace references with mainNotesField. ... View more

Awesome, glad that worked for you! ... View more

Yes, save the returned taskIDs of each scheduleTask() and on your window's onClose() event, cancel them all with app.cancelTask() and pass in each taskID from your scheduled tasks, see more details on usage here: http://docs.aenhancers.com/general/application/?highlight=scheduletask#app-canceltask ... View more

Did you set the edittext variable and a valid file path? Can you post the code you're using now? ... View more

My bad, I made a typo. Read returns the result, you don't pass it anything. Change that to var newText = myFile.read(); Also, make sure you're setting the file path correctly. You can check with something like alert(myFile.exists). ... View more

Yes this is totally possible. I've built procedural tools like this before, and there are several commercially available for purchase like Templater. If you want to write your own, I'd recommend using a CEP Extension Panel since it plays well with modern APIs on the internet, and uses Node.js so you can use any npm module library to make your life easier. ... View more

Yes, this is totally possible. Read the text in the edittext, create a new File object, and then write it to it. When reading, create a new File object, read it, and then set the edittext value to the text you read. See examples below: // Build Window var resStr = 'palette{orientation:"column", alignChildren:["center", "top"], text: "Write", size:[380,110],\             txt: EditText{text:"to write", alignment:["fill", "center"]},\             }'; myWin.window = new Window(resStr); myWin.window.show(); var myFile = new File('path/to/my/file'); // Get text var myText = myWin.txt.text; // Write File myFile.open('w', undefined, undefined); var writeResult = myFile.write(myText); myFile.close(); // Read File myFile.open('r', undefined, undefined); var newText = myFile.read(myText); myFile.close(); // Set text myWin.txt.text = newText; ... View more

Strange, so you can view it in the Source Panel without any problem, but when you drag it from source to the timeline/project it won't import? Was gonna say corrupted footage, but strange that it's still an issue after encoding. Can you transfer it again from your phone in case the file was corrupted somehow? Also, do you know which codec the video is in? ... View more

There is no way to focus another panel with the current API, it's a good feature request though. ... View more

Looks like a GPU driver / hardware issue. Try installing the latest drivers, or re-install the current drivers. If that doesn't do it, here's a few other things to try: - Bad cache: Clear your media cache. - Version Bug: Upgrade to the latest version of AME. - Corrupted Project: Create a new Premiere Project and import the previous project into the new one, and the assets from the previous sequence into a new timeline. I've had issues like this with certain codecs like H.264, in that case if I'm in a time crunch one workaround is to encode to ProRes or some good intermediate codec and then to H.264. ... View more

Gotcha, thanks. ... View more

Mathias has a good point, using Bridgetalk for simple commands in another application will save you several steps and you'll only need one panel that way instead of two. I'm kind of surprised you're able to get better results with UltraKey than Keylight. The opposite has been true in my experience. ... View more

Haven't tried this myself, but I'd image automating dynamic link would work the same as if you did it yourself. You'll probably want 2 CEP Extensions, one in Premiere one in After Effects and communicate between them with the Vulcan API, or an external app with extension nodes but that's a lot more complicated. Update the stuff in AE, then tell PPRO to open that project and do the renaming and rendering. Update lag time in Dynamic Link may be an issue, so you'll wanna do some testing, but I'd imagine opening the PPRO project after you've made changes in AE is your safest bet. If you can convert everything to AE, you'll probably find render/process times a lot shorter, and run into fewer issues, but building a workflow across both apps is totally possible. Good luck! ... View more

Hmm, not sure why the OS would make any difference here. Are you trying it on the same project with the same version of Premiere on both? If it is the same, then this sounds like a bug on the Mac release to me. ... View more

Strange, it's working on my end. Can you provide the full snippet you're using? Also, which version of Premiere are you using? ... View more

Yes, I'd recommend the hover/mouseover option. That way you aren't slowing down the user's system since ExtendScript runs on the main Application thread. I'd recommend playing around with the sample panel if you're new to extensions. Using the hover route, handle the HTML mouseover event, then trigger an ExtendScript Eval with CSInterface, call a function in ExtendScript space that gets your marker data, return the result to Javascript and update your function. // In CEP document.addEventListener('mouseover', function(e){      var csInterface = new CSInterface();      csInterface.evalScript('specialMarkerFunction()', function(markerData){           // update UI with result      }); }); // in ExtendScript function specialMarkerFunction(){      var markerData = [];      // get Marker Data      return markerData; } ... View more

So your panel creates markers, and what you want to do is run a function when the user deletes one of those markers correct? If so, sorry, there is no such event to register in ExtendScript or C++ far as I know. You can check if those markers exist the next time the user hovers your panel, however, and then update your panel as needed. ... View more

Use it this way, however be careful. I've found if you use an incompatible pixel aspect ratio, it can crash Premiere. var settings = app.project.activeSequence.getSettings(); settings.videoPixelAspectRatio = '2:1'; app.project.activeSequence.setSettings(settings); ... View more

Don't use the -noui flag for more than one project, I've found it to be very unstable. And the CLI flags should work, but on MacOS I've also found them to be unreliable. Use the aerendercore instead: /Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2019/Adobe After Effects CC 2019.app/Contents/aerendercore.app/Contents/MacOS/aerendercore You can then run scripts with osascript, startup script, or with an invisible extension. ... View more

If they're all on the same property, then rove across time may be what you need. If they're on different props then try the Rift script. ... View more