Regarding it opening a panel and a window, I'd suggest looking more carefully at the example on that other post. When run from the Windows menu, "this" is the panel that AE creates. The last line of the script "myScript(this)" sends the panel (if it exists) to the main script fun...

There is also the currentFormatToTime() global method for converting from timecode to seconds. See page 16 of the CS3 Scripting Guide pdf. And if necessary you can check and alter the time display type (timecode, frames) using the Project object's timecodeDisplayType atribute (page 116) It can be tr...

The most obvious problem I see is that you're defining an object (MAR) in one of the functions and yet other functions are trying to access it. Something that is defined inside a function only has scope in that function. You'll need to define it outside any function (or inside a function that also c...

I've added some comments which will hopefully help explain things. { // THESE MATCHING BRACKETS AT START/END MAY NOT BE NECESSARY // I THINK WE USED TO DO THIS THINKING IT PREVENTED VARIABLES HAVING GLOBAL (APP WIDE) SCOPE // BUT THAT ISN'T THE CASE. I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY DO ANYTHING. //////////...

I think this is because variables defined outside a function have global scope across all scripts, and your myPalette variable is getting redefined by the second script. You should use unique names for variables defined in the main scope, but even these would conflict if you were to run multiple ins...

I don't think that's possible. But it looks like comps can only be selected if the containing folder is open, so you can prevent it from opening any folders that aren't already open with this: for(var i = 1; i<=app.project.numItems; i++){ if(app.project.item(i) instanceof CompItem && app.pro...

I don't think you have posted in the wrong place. We are definitely talking about AE to C4D. Here's the description of one of their new plugins on that link: Plugin for After Effects CS3 - CS5 to CINEMA 4D R12 connection. I haven't tried it myself, but I would imagine it does what you want and is pr...

Hi Chris, To be sure it's not a sync issue you should check it's 25 fps every step of the way, including in C4D, the resulting render and how that render is interpreted when reimported into After Effects. Have you tried using Maxon's new official AE export plug-in? As far as I'm aware it's made my A...

It's .locked

You can find it as an attribute of the Layer object in the CS3 scripting guide.

It's available now!
http://aescripts.com/pt_opensesame/

Scripts don't have access to the layout of Timeline columns, so this isn't possible.

Yes, pt_TextEdit does allow you to save text styles as presets and apply them to other layers. Scripting doesn't have full access to text style properties, so it only saves and applies the Font, Size, Fill Color, Stroke Color, Stroke Width and Alignment.

These things can only be done with scripts, not expressions. I'll move this to Scripts Discussions. To add an expression to a property you would use: property.expression = "my expression"; To remove an expression you would use: property.expression = ""; To convert an expression t...

This will limit it to 2 decimal places: string=R.value.toFixed(2) + ", " + G.value.toFixed(2) + ", " +B.value.toFixed(2); You won't be able to set individual text colors if you do this on a single text layer. When an expression is applied it appears to take the style from the fir...

You could do: