Hey all, I'm trying to do a couple things with the render queue that I can't find in the scripting guide. 1. Get an array of selected render queue items. Similar to the "app.project.selection" attribute. 2.Check/Uncheck items in the render queue. Similar to the Layer enabled attribute. Is ...

Is there a way to read the starting timecode of a movie file via scripting?

Thanks Dan! I never knew about unescape either. I thought I was going to have to write a replacement function to decode all of the special characters. Thanks!!

Hey all, I'm trying to get the filename of some footage items for a script I'm writing. Using app.project.item(index).name gives me the display name from the Project panel but not the actual filename. Generally they are one and the same but occasionally they get changed for one reason or another. Th...

Whenever I generate a shape layer and add a dashed stroke to it, it expands all of the contents of that layer. Is there a way to "close" a layer back up so that it looks a little neater at the completion of the script? Thanks!

Submitted. Thanks Paul.

I found in the AE Scripting Guide how to set text properties like font, fill color, tracking, etc... but there are a few properties I couldn't find. Specifically I'm trying to set the kerning to "Optical" and enable "All Caps". Is it possible to script these properties? Thanks!

I got something to work but it's not very elegant. Any ideas how to display this information is a more polished manner? Thanks! var fileName = new Array(); var fileFrameRate = new Array(); var fileDuration = new Array(); var displayList = new Array(); for (var i = 0; i < selectedFiles.length; i++) {...

Hey all, I'm trying to figure out how to display a dialog that pops up with information about selected footage items. Basically you'd select all your footage in the project panel, run the script and a window pops up showing you a spreadsheet like display with properties like name, framerate, duratio...