So there is no way to return the filename using mainSource or source attributes of a project item? I've been trying and coming up dry.

Does anyone know the command for "Save frame as... Photoshop layers"?

I don't think you can access the outputmodule in expressions. You could write a quick script to dump that info into the sourceText of a layer though. The script would have to be run every time you change the filename though.

I'm not aware of any way to save a project backwards. You could maybe try using animation presets or copy/paste keyframes. That would be very cumbersome if you had anything very complicated. I've never understood why some Adobe apps can save backwards but not AE.

I made this script a while back. It should be fairly easy to hack out the parts that you don't need. All it basically does is apply render and output module templates and ask you where to save the files. Hopefully it's a springboard. Description: This script is handy if you are frequently rendering ...

I tried putting the text layer into the activeItem and then running the app.executecommand(). It still fails to create the mask. I'm not sure what's going wrong. The selected text layer is in the activeItem. Are there any other caveats to know?

I don't know of a specific script that does exactly what you want, but check this out. You could probably hack it fairly easily to do what you want.

http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?i ... xprTweaker

Thanks nab, you've enlightened me. Where is the list of app.executeCommand(); codes?

Wow, that's a tough one, I'm not sure what the activeItem is going to be each time. I guess I'll do some testing and see how it works.

I'm having trouble getting this to work on a script that loops through a lot of layers/comps. It seems like the comp that the layer is in needs to be active but there is no way to set the activeItem. How are you guys handling this problem?

There is a script floating around that creates a default folder setup. I'll see if I can locate it. I don't think you can trigger the Import Files dialog through scripting(especially not in ae7). I'm not sure about the color depth and I would guess you can't change the workspace in scripting but I'v...

As far as I know there is no AFX->XSI. It's feasible to get something going, however it would be difficult. Which version of the XSI->AFX script did you try? I revised Helge Mathee's original version recently and it's a little less problematic. The process is still a little tricky. Feel free to hit ...

I'm going to move this over to the expressions discussion.

Awesome, that's good to know.

How do you get a value out of the sourceRectAtTime() function? The docs say that it returns "A JavaScript object with four attributes, [top, left, width, height]." Is that supposed to be an array or what? I need to find the width value.