What I ended up doing was writing out all the effects that app.effects returned to a text file. Then with my other script I read the contents of that text file to use as a baseline for what effects we have. What's a little odd is that if I load up a file that has effects that we don't have, clear th...

Thanks beginUndoGroup but unfortunately that didn't work. When I load up a project that has a plugin that we don't have, app.effects contains the object for that missing fx so I if I check the effects that are on a layer against the names that are in app.effects my script reports that nothing is mis...

I need to generate a report for when effects are missing and I'm familiar with Paul's pt_EffectSearch 3 script but due to studio reasons I'm not able to purchase it. All I need is the ability to check if an effect is missing. I don't see anything in the CS6 scripting guide that checks for this. Is t...

Thanks Paul!

Does anybody have an example of adding the Animator to a text layer?

I found you could add a specific layer style by executing a commandID.

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/227/19122

What is the proper syntax to add a drop shadow layer style to a layer? The below isn't working for me. selected.layer(1).LayerStyles.addProperty("DropShadow") Also it looks like you can apply a preset file but we can't save out a preset file? I'd like to be able to save out a layer style p...

Is it possible to get the Render Settings name? I can get the Output Module name, but don't see anything that'll let me query Render Settings.

This only returns an array of all the templates available.
RenderQueueItem templates attribute

Found the answer. Use this:
Instead of eval(File);

Is it possible to use #include through scripts that get called through a chain? For example, I have 3 files (Parent, Child, Functions). Parent executes Child via the eval(); code. Child is a standalone jsx file that uses #include to import functions that exist in Functions.jsx. If I run Child on its...

I use this off a post on the Adobe forum to accurately get my place in time.

frame = selection.time + (.001/selection.frameRate);

Thanks Paul!

What name should be called for the separate X and Y property? The below works with Property is still unified. layerCollection[idx].property("Position").setValueAtTime(1,[4,5]); The below doesn't work when I've separated X and Y. layerCollection[idx].property("X Position").setValu...

I guess this is the problem?

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5290346

I have a render item that's rendering out an image sequence. The name of my output is pretty long. [show]_[stage]_[episode]_[sequence]_[shot]_[type]_[info]_[####].png When I drag the output module for this RQ item the name of the dependency is getting chopped. It looks like there's a string limit on...