Yeah, there are a couple of places where he gets you going, then you have to fight and claw to get the other bits. You'll get there if you stick with it.

var myFile = Folder.selectDialog([ "Find My Path" ]);
myPath = myFile.path + "/";

You would want to write a scriptUI pallet. This would make it stay live in the AE environment, (front and center while you are working). As I understand things, you can not launch a script based on user interactions with AE itself. To get close to your idea, you would probably need to have an 'Updat...

I was never able to find it. But it is not hard to add them as described. Just be mindful of the formatting, and name length (see above).

<Group name="$$$/AE/Preset/Group_Name_Here=Group Name Here">

place your doodads in here

 </Group>

If I am understanding you, you did this for a single flavor, yes? To take it farther, do this all as a set up script for the machine. As you mentioned that many users will be hitting these scripts and exporting. I have my scripts in one spot which are aliased to everyones machines (for ease of bug f...

Clever!

I have been sitting with this and thinking about it. You are correct, automation is king. BUT comma There comes a point where the folks have to do some of the work. What I have done and have seen others do, is either 1. like mentioned, describe the template and have the users make them to match. 2. ...

You can choose what output module and render template you like. You can not define a new template or OM. I agree that these options would be nice. You could submit a feature request if you were so inclined. It will be interesting to see what is new in the CS6 scripting abilities. Being that it is a ...

Couldn't you also loop through last to first. This way the indexes always stay the same.

// Somewhere near the top of my script I ask the user for a location. I do not place it hard coded into the script as it becomes too rigid. If you ask where the file is to go, there is no need for the if argument. myFile = Folder.selectDialog(["Where Will We Save the Rendered Files"]); my...

Hey all, I thought I would place an FYI for future folks here. I was trying like mad to build a custom UI the past couple of days. I have not had it fail like this in the past. Usually you miss a quote or something stupid. I spent so long looking at quotes and tag beginnings and ends and nothing was...

Hey Mylenium, thanks for the response. I know that it is not a fixed period. I actually have a slider to change the rate of oscillation. What I was hoping to find was a method that from any frame, based on the current settings, it can calculate in time how long it would take to make 1 complete oscil...

I am working on an expression that has me up against the wall. What I am trying to do is dynamically offset some number of layers who are traveling in a circle. The circle is based on Math.sin/cos (x and y) oscillation. I have a slider in a master control null that I am using to define the number of...