Re: Missing fonts

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

There's no direct way to tell through the API currently. If I recall correctly, the path of a missing font will be set to the placeholder font. You esentially have to read the metadata of the font file and make sure if it matches the font name, if it doesn't then you know you have a missing font.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

You're unable to save a project file or the shortcut itself?

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

You have a few options: Have a frontend and backend architecture. Essentially 2 panels, a headless backend running Express or something serving up the fronted, and a frontend pointed to the localhost port of the backend. Allow "file://" protocol requests to your allowed options for your API key. Have a separate process, Node.js / Python or whatever you like, and pipe requests through there. Also if you're interested in building panels with React, check out the Bolt CEP boilerplate: https://github.com/hyperbrew/bolt-cep

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

If you're developing on Windows, you'll want Visual Studio. If you're developing on Mac you'll want XCode. Adobe individual or business plans have no effect on development or the software, that only relates to licensing. These docs will help you get started: https://ppro-plugins.docsforadobe.dev/

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

targetSpecifier or in the latest release of the debugger, hostAppSpecifier, is the app specifier. If you're launching Premiere then it would be one of these with the name dash version

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 30, 2023

Since CEP frontend is HTML/CSS/JS you have pretty much an infinite number of options. Just search on Google for JavaScript treeview library. Or if you're using a framework like React, then add that to your search as well.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 29, 2023

Great to hear it's working!

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

In AE, do your settings look like this? Also, what are you rendering?

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

It's working for me:

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

AME Scripting is mostly undocumented, but you can find some tips here: https://ame-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/ I believe the onEncodeComplete() is what you're looking for

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

This snippet will reset Position, Scale, and Rotation: https://gist.github.com/justintaylor-dev/22e08f36325c84e615169b4c354ba7f8 If you wanted to reset the position values to 0 instead of the center of the comp, swap out center with [0,0], and both center[0] and center[1] with 0.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

You will definitely want to rewrite in JS, unless you have something that has to be done in Python, you can communicate via system.callSystem() in ExtendScript or Node.js child_process module in CEP panels.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

Are you on the latest version of the VS Code ExtendScript extension? Variables will only be updated when hitting a breakpoint, but $.writeln() should show up in the terminal.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 27, 2023

In AE, panel min and max sizes can only be set for modal or modeless panels, not dockable panels. These values are set in the manifest. See the CEP Cookbook for more details

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Pro IO has been doing this for years FYI: https://aescripts.com/pro-io/ (shameless plug)

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Check out Pro IO. I built it to solve this exact issue https://aescripts.com/pro-io/

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

I spoke too soon, the issue came back today. I re-created all my workspaces and I'm still having several panels not staying in place upon relaunch and even resetting them. The project panel seems to be the most buggy.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

I nuked all my workspaces and re-created them and it seems to be working now.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Recently dropped a Free tool Version Raptor to address this exact issue with a bunch more features for version management in Premiere and AE. Increment and save in one click with any naming convention, even initials after the version number. https://hyperbrew.co/tools/version-raptor

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Check out Watch Bins with Pro IO. I wanted the same functionality, so I built this so you can sync project bins with actual directories in one click. https://aescripts.com/pro-io/

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Since 13.1.0 I've noticed the project panel sporadically will ignore the last place you docked it, even if you save your workspace. Having saved it in the upper left corner of the UI, upon re-launching Premiere it's frequently docked in a lower left panel, even after selecting "Reset to Saved Layout".

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 23, 2023

Converting this into an idea people can vote on.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 23, 2023

Potentially possible to intercept mouse / keyboard events outside of the Adobe API when the window is focused, but even then, you'll have a hard time finding out if the user has hovered the timeline or not. Probably best to to think of other workflows like buttons or keyboard shortcuts.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 13, 2023

Basically yea, a MOGRT can be reactive to items within itself, but not from outside factors.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 13, 2023

Look into CSEvents in CSinterface.js or Vulcan. But if you're trying to automate bodymovin, you need to access it's APIs if it has any or build your own version of it from source and listen for event messages that way.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 13, 2023

cc @Mathias Moehl

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 13, 2023

Yep, you can only commuincate within a template, as each template is it's own AE project essentially.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Jan 13, 2023

Finding ExtendScript-ready libraries is pretty challenging these days, as ES3 is extremely old. If you need to do any advanced calculations, you'll have a much easier (and faster) time with a CEP panel.

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Nov 10, 2022

@guymi Can you create a new issue with a sample of your code? Thanks

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · ‎Nov 09, 2022

The After Effects Command IDs searchable list has been updated for AE 2023 for anyone looking to reach outside of the API: Blog: https://hyperbrew.co/blog/after-effects-command-ids/ Repo: https://github.com/hyperbrew/after-effects-command-ids

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