Hi,
I am trying to find any information on outputing data through a serial / USB port via AE scripting.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

Phil

I want to add an effect to some layers in an AE script but instead of it adding it to the bottom of the property group, I want to insert it at a set location. Here is my current code snippet. if (thisEffectName == fxOld) { // found an old effect thisEffect.remove(); currentEffects.addProperty(fxNew)...

I'm using the command below. outputMsg=system.callSystem("xxxxx"); It works but I want it to open the command in an OSX terminal window instead just running silently? Also, currently AE waits for the system call to finish before giving control back to the AE gui, I just want it to set my c...

ahhh, thanks for heads up.... I better do some more testing

Phil

I was tinkering today and actually found the javascript sort() function worked great.

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_sort.asp

Thanks for all your help.

Phil

Does anybody know how the "getFiles" function determines which order to put the files in the array. It doesn't seem to be alphabetical or by date modified. It may be date created which is a bummer, I would love to have a flag to choose how it populates the array. It looks like I may have t...

I want to use a script UI in InDesign but it doesn't work correctly. I have never done any InDesign scripting but it should be very similar to AE. I see the UI flash up for a brief moment then disappear. Here is the code, any ideas? Thanks. Phil var myPalette = buildUI(this); if (myPalette != null &...

I did the same thing using expressions.

I used the sampleImage command to tint a single pixel solid that was duplicated 2000 times.

It takes a long time to process so I actually sequenced the layers to see the barcode build up.

LLoyd, I'll email you the project.

Phil

Yep, I figured it would be a nightmare....

Thanks Lloyd.

Phil

I am starting work on a script that will work with image sequences, nothing as elaborate as Llloyd's "Immigration". The first thing I need to do is to identify all the image sequences in a project. I was hoping that the filename provided by AE would contain [ ] so that I could search for f...

Thanks David, Your listbox worked like a charm but I still have a few issues. Once the listbox is displayed, AE is "locked out" until I press escape which close the window. To me, it seems like this is a different type of window than usual, the window I have with my "go" button i...

Hi David,
Your code works in Extended Script but gives me and error when I try and run it in AE.

I just posted a question with some other ListBox issues too,

Phil

Hi, I am having a few issues with my listbox UI. It is looking pretty good but there are a few issues: a) no close button ( I have closeButton: true in my script) b) I can't copy the data to the clipboard (I can select the items but they don't make it into the clipboard) c) I can't get the headings ...

Hi, I am trying to find the current time of a layer but can't find any reference to the syntax.  Basically I am looping through each layer in a comp and want to display it's current time at it's own in point.  I have the same thing done as an expression by enabling time remapping and looking at a ...

I figured it out.

I used the "open" command to launch it and it worked great.

Cheers.

Phil