I've been having a hell of a time with this blank panel problem in CS6 (big corporate client is never on the most up-to-date version of anything). Thing is, I'm using 11.0.4.2. Sometimes I get the blank panel (other scripts, including ones I didn't write, show up blank, too) and sometimes AE locks u...

This can't be done with an expression alone. You have to use a script to measure and mark the dimensions of the layer, using the AVLayer sourceRectAtTime() function (the scripting docs has the exact syntax). My preferred method to mark the layer is to add a point control to the text layer for the up...

I've tried to use the replaceSource() method of a layer and it doesn't work. I've got CS3 on a Mac Pro. I couldn't even find the replaceSource() method in the scripting guide. I've known that you can alt drag an item on a layer and replace that layer's source; I didn't know that you could alt drag ...

I did, but I'm sorry to say it's been long enough that I don't know what was hanging me up. I did find looking at the scripts others posted online helped a lot, though.

Hey, that works. Thanks!

I posted this question over at the AE forums, but so far nobody's biting. I know that app.project.selection can't be written to directly, but is there any method for modifying the project selection?

You can fake the look somewhat satisfactorily with duplicate text layers, but it looks to me like they did this with a 3D plugin or app. Check out "Quick Fix Meals" when it overshoots right up to the camera halfway through the spot. Those look like genuine 3D extrusions.

I'm wading into ScriptUI interface stuff, and getting out of my depth pretty quickly. I can get my interface elements to show up just fine in a floating palette by running the script from ExtendScript Toolkit or from the Scripts sub-menu, but when I select the script from the Window menu, all I get ...

I'm looking to do the equivalent of an option-drag of one comp onto another in the project window. Is there such a method for a CompItem? hi aaron, there's nothing built-in to do that, so you'll need to roll your own. if you have CS3, you can use the new AVLayer replaceSource() method to redirect t...

I'm looking to do the equivalent of an option-drag of one comp onto another in the project window. Is there such a method for a CompItem?

I'll write my own function if necessary, of course, but I really don't want to reinvent the wheel.