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‎May 12, 2012
‎Mar 19, 2024
Alex White
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‎Mar 13, 2024
09:30 AM
Nope, unfortunately
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‎Mar 13, 2024
08:59 AM
There is no hook/method available so the best you can do is monitor the project name via a timer and apply certain functions depending on the name. Here is a rought example: // Global variables
var previousProjectPath = "";
// Function to check project path and execute functions
function checkProjectPath() {
var currentProjectPath = app.project.file ? app.project.file.fsName : "";
if (currentProjectPath !== previousProjectPath) {
previousProjectPath = currentProjectPath;
if (currentProjectPath !== "") {
var projectName = app.project.file.name.replace(/\.aep$/, "");
switch (projectName) {
case "Project1":
executeProject1Functions();
break;
case "Project2":
executeProject2Functions();
break;
// Add more cases for different project names
default:
alert("Unknown project: " + projectName);
}
}
}
}
// Function to execute specific functions for Project1
function executeProject1Functions() {
// Add your custom functions for Project1 here
alert("Project1 functions executed");
}
// Function to execute specific functions for Project2
function executeProject2Functions() {
// Add your custom functions for Project2 here
alert("Project2 functions executed");
}
// Start the scheduled task
app.scheduleTask("checkProjectPath()", 3000, true);
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‎Feb 15, 2024
12:52 AM
You need to find the following file: macOS: /Users/admin/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/24.0/Adobe After Effects 24.0 Prefs.txt Windows: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects\24.0\Adobe After Effects 24.0 Prefs.txt And under the ["Main Pref Section v2"] section set the"Pref_SCRIPTING_FILE_NETWORK_SECURITY" prop to "1": So it would be : "Pref_SCRIPTING_FILE_NETWORK_SECURITY" = "1" Note that you need to do that with After Effects closed because otherwise After Effects would overwrite the settings on close with loaded settings.
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‎Feb 14, 2024
11:48 PM
You can try to write a .vbs or .bat file to do that, but it will also require admin rights to modify the settings.
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‎Feb 14, 2024
11:45 PM
1 Upvote
Sure, Adobe made ExtendScript Debugger for VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Adobe.extendscript-debug https://community.adobe.com/t5/exchange-discussions/extendscript-vscode-debugger-2-0-2-live-in-the-vscode-marketplace/td-p/12997758
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‎Feb 14, 2024
10:51 PM
I think this has something to do with discontinued ESTK on macOS due to ARM processors (M1-M3) incompatibility.
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‎Jan 04, 2024
10:44 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, the solution would be simple. You need to rewrite your expression a bit. Leave the first line of expressions as is and modify the second one to the following: [value[0], value[1] + temp] This will add audio amplitude values to the Y coordinates only. If the "temp" value produces too high values and you want to adjust them further, you can come up with something like this: [value[0], value[1] + temp / 50] Where 50 is a percent of how much you would like to reduce the amplitude. Depending on the complexity of the animation, it would probably also be worth trying to go with Motion Sketch to do that animation.
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‎Dec 06, 2023
09:37 PM
1 Upvote
Sorry for self-promotion, but you can already do that and even more with Aep To Mogrt Pro.
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‎Dec 02, 2023
03:00 AM
Try this updated code: var w = new Window("palette", "Offline Media", undefined);
w.add('statictext', undefined, "Enter media file suffix (e.g., mxf):");
var nameWindow = w.add("edittext");
nameWindow.characters = 30;
var sb = w.add("button", undefined, "Start");
w.show();
sb.onClick = offlineFunction;
function offlineFunction() {
try {
var name = nameWindow.text.toLowerCase();
var count = 0;
var errors = 0;
for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++) {
try {
var footageItem = app.project.items[i];
if (footageItem instanceof FootageItem && footageItem.file) {
var filename = footageItem.file.name;
if (filename) {
var idx = filename.lastIndexOf(".");
if (idx > 0) {
var suffix = filename.slice(idx + 1).toLowerCase();
if (suffix === name) {
count++;
var fr = footageItem.frameRate > 0 ? footageItem.frameRate : 1;
var dur = footageItem.duration > 0 ? footageItem.duration : 1;
footageItem.replaceWithPlaceholder(filename, footageItem.width, footageItem.height, fr, dur);
}
}
}
}
} catch (innerError) {
errors++;
$.writeln("Error processing item " + i + ": " + innerError.toString());
}
// Pause every 10 items to reduce strain on AE
if (i % 10 === 0) {
$.sleep(100); // Sleep for 100 milliseconds
}
}
var msg = "Offlined " + count + " media items. Errors: " + errors;
showMsg(msg);
} catch (e) {
showMsg("Exception! " + e.toString());
}
}
function showMsg(msg) {
var myWindow = new Window("dialog");
var myMessage = myWindow.add("statictext");
myMessage.text = msg;
myWindow.add("button", undefined, "OK").onClick = function () {
myWindow.close();
}
myWindow.show();
}
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‎Nov 30, 2023
08:26 PM
1 Upvote
You can use a free version of Aeviewer to preview MOGRT, AEP, and PRPROJ files on mouse-over. You can even import the file the double click.
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‎Nov 22, 2023
09:41 AM
That's awesome! Does it generate sprites or MP4 video inside the MOGRT file?
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‎Nov 22, 2023
12:04 AM
1 Upvote
That's not a good practice that will lead to performance issues after a while.
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‎Nov 21, 2023
11:09 PM
Unfortunately, After Effects doesn't provide such events.
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‎Nov 21, 2023
11:08 PM
There is no way to detect is the user is currently editing text.
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‎Oct 31, 2023
11:59 AM
2 Upvotes
You can make your function run async with "app.scheduleTask();" and during each loop check the global object if the execution should continue, for example: if ($.["myscriptname"].continueRun === false) {
// break the loop here and cancel task
app.cancelTask(); //
}
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‎Oct 31, 2023
09:34 AM
So you need to open each of the selected comps and scale the first layer to fit the comp dimensions? Or you need to scale all layers inside each comp?
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‎Oct 31, 2023
09:13 AM
Create "aev_after.jsx" script under the folder with your images with the following content: (function () {
try {
if (!app.project.selection.length || (!app.project.activeItem)) return !!alert("Please, open the composition and select layers");
app.beginUndoGroup("aev_after");
var importedProject = app.project.selection[app.project.selection.length - 1];
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var layer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
app.executeCommand(2733); // fit to comp height
} catch (e) {
alert(e.toString() + "\nScript File: " + File.decode(e.fileName).replace(/^.*[\|\/]/, '') +
"\nFunction: " + arguments.callee.name +
"\nError on Line: " + e.line.toString());
} finally {
app.endUndoGroup();
}
})() Then use Aeviewer to import files. It will automatically pick up this script and resize images
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‎Oct 24, 2023
01:33 AM
1 Upvote
You don't need to translate all code to TypeScript. There are are options to use JS both in JSX and JS. As for the CEP replaced by UXP, from what I have heard, After Effects should have at least 2 years of CEP support so there are still plenty of time. I could help you in more detailed manner if you could provide some code. If you feel so, you can reach me here: https://www.aeviewer.com/contact
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‎Sep 29, 2023
06:29 AM
I've added an additional check if the expression can be set for the chosen property. if (app.project.activeItem instanceof CompItem) {
var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var selectedLayer = comp.selectedLayers[0];
if (selectedLayer) {
// Check if the layer has effects
if (selectedLayer.property("ADBE Effect Parade").numProperties > 0) {
var effectGroup = selectedLayer.property("ADBE Effect Parade");
var lastEffect = effectGroup.property(effectGroup.numProperties);
// Check if the last effect has checkboxes
if (lastEffect.numProperties > 0) {
var checkbox1 = lastEffect.property("Uniform"); // Change to the actual name
var checkbox2 = lastEffect.property("Individual"); // Change to the actual name
// check if expected effect is present and expression can be set
if (checkbox1 !== null || (!checkbox1.canSetExpression)) {
alert("Cannot set expression for the property: " +
selectedLayer.name + "." + lastEffect.name + ".Uniform");
} else {
checkbox1.expression = 'value;';
}
if (checkbox2 !== null || (!checkbox2.canSetExpression)) {
alert("Cannot set expression for the property: " +
selectedLayer.name + "." + lastEffect.name + ".Individual");
} else {
checkbox2.expression = 'value;';
}
}
} else {
alert("No effects found on the selected layer.");
}
}
}
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‎Sep 28, 2023
07:09 AM
AE 2021 or earlier.
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‎Sep 19, 2023
09:13 PM
If you need to get PostScript Font Names in current and previous versions of AE, I can recommend you installing Aeviewer (which is free extension), that has an API to access all available fonts installed in the system. Here is an API on getting system fonts: https://github.com/axwt/aeviewer-api#get-an-object-with-available-system-fonts
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‎Sep 17, 2023
11:46 PM
2 Upvotes
You need to add this inside your import: importOptions.sequence = true; Here is the the full code: // Import the image sequence into the composition
for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
var file = fileList[i];
if (file instanceof File && file.name.match(/\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|tiff|tif|bmp)$/i)) {
var importOptions = new ImportOptions(file);
importOptions.sequence = true;
var importedFootage = project.importFile(importOptions);
if (importedFootage) {
newComp.layers.add(importedFootage);
break; // stop import of all other files
}
}
} Also, I would consider rewriting the for loop because currently, it will import the sequence as many times as many images you have in your folder. If you are working only with PNG sequences, you can consider using Aeviewer Pro which can preview and import sequences: https://aescripts.com/aeviewer-pro/
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‎Sep 15, 2023
12:53 AM
1 Upvote
I'm very sure that the conflict occurs because of the JSX code. I'd recommend switching to Bolt-CEP since this boilerplate is flavored for a single JSX object attached to helper object $ for all your panels to prevent pollution in the global namespace. https://github.com/hyperbrew/bolt-cep
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‎Aug 28, 2023
01:29 PM
As a last resort, yes, that might help. Try installing Creative Cloud and After Effects first and checking if it works correctly. Only then install the rest of the software
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‎Aug 28, 2023
09:30 AM
Looks like someone already had the same issue: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/the-common-extensibility-platform-cep-suite-couldn-t-be-loaded/m-p/7968131
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‎Aug 27, 2023
10:07 PM
Try installing Rosetta: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211861
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‎Aug 27, 2023
10:06 PM
1 Upvote
You cannot fully automate this because dropdown menu cannot be linked to CSV file. Instead, you can write a script that will update the contents of the dropdown menu on a button click using the following function: https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/properties/property.html#property-setpropertyparameters
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‎Aug 24, 2023
08:16 AM
1 Upvote
The only way is to close scripts, restart AE and open script one by one while opening the project each time. If you can post the names or your scripts, I can make a guess which one causing the issue
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‎Aug 14, 2023
12:07 AM
You can pass the path like this: var startFolder = Folder("~/Desktop/demo/"); var selectedFolder = startFolder.openDialog();
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‎Jul 13, 2023
12:35 PM
Unfortunately, there is no way of doing that
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