Here's a script that sets all selected footage to Lower Field. { var proj = app.project; // make sure a project exists if (proj) { app.beginUndoGroup("Set Field Separation"); // loop through all items selected in project window for (var a = 0; a < proj.selection.length; ++a) { thisItem = p...

I guess I should have made it clear in my post (I have now) that the versions I submitted (1_2 > 1_4) are purely work in progress attempts at getting the scrolling interface working.

So v1_1 is still the most current functional version.

Paul T

According to the scripting guide you can use a function instead of a mask. Here's an example: { function testFiles(theFile) { if (theFile.name.indexOf(".psd") != -1 || theFile.name.indexOf(".tga") != -1) { return true; } } var theFolder = folderGetDialog("Import Items from F...

I had a go at implementing your scrollbar with varying levels of success. Here's where I got up to: http://www.paul.tuersley.btinternet.co.uk/scripts/A_Muster_Batch.zip NOTE: These scripts are only my work in progress attempts to get a scrolling UI working, so if you want to use the script you shoul...

I've had confirmation that this is indeed a bug. Not only that, but when I try it on a Mac, dragging a horizontal scrollbar doesn't work properly (another bug). Vertical scrollbars don't have this problem though. I tried switching 'scrollbar' to 'slider' and that will at least drag properly, but it ...

Well it looks like I may have got Render & Shutdown working on the Mac, here's a new version of the script: http://www.paul.tuersley.btinternet.co.uk/scripts/Render_n_Shutdown.zip Instead of trying to get the script to write and launch an applescript (which may not be possible), I just got it to...

The reason the script always writes a .bat file regardless of mac or pc, is the line towards the end of the script: if (isMac = "false"){ which should be: if (isMac == "false"){ i.e. the script is saying "make isMac equal false", when it should say "is isMac equal ...

You can't get a list of selected brush strokes because they are PropertyGroup's not Properties, so 'selectedProperties' won't work. But you can create a loop that goes through all the strokes and checks whether they are selected. Here's a script that finds a Paint effect on the first of any selected...

Just to let you know, I've created a new 'floating palette' script that makes it very easy to add these kind of expressions without having to actually write them yourself. Here's the link:
http://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?t=139

Paul T

This script can be used to automatically add wiggle, smooth and loop expressions to any selected properties. Watch the video tutorial and download pt_AutoExpress from aescripts.com http://www.btinternet.com/~paul.tuersley/images/autoExpress.jpg To run the script as an embedded panel, place the scrip...

This script can help to improve a difficult track by averaging the results of two or more trackers. Download TrackerAverage_v1.1.jsx.zip Note: This script requires After Effects 6.5 or later. Select any number of trackers (i.e. select Tracker 1 and Tracker 2) then run this script. http://www.btinter...

Here are a couple of scripts that show some ways of working with a Solid's color. First, create a new comp and run this script. It creates a new solid with a specific color value, then reads that value from the solid's source: { var activeItem = app.project.activeItem; if (activeItem == null || !(ac...

Either of these should work: exe_file.writeln('blah blah "' + companyName + '" blah blah'); exe_file.writeln("blah blah \"" + companyName + "\" blah blah"); You can quickly test this sort of thing by adding an expression like this to the Source Text property o...

Problem 1 - how to change the text size/color/font. I've tried this save pref thing and you're right, it doesn't seem to work. It does save the new Text Size value into the prefs, but it ignores this when creating a text layer and then overwrites it with the old value if you quit the app. Unfortuna...

I don't think there's a way for AE scripting to directly query which effects are available. The best solution I've come up with is to use the Effects & Presets Palette (set to Alphabetical and turn off Show Animation Presets) to select all available effects and drag them onto a layer, then use m...