Get all effects used in project

[ernpchan]

Is it possible to get all the effects used in a project through a script?

[XANT0]

I think yes
before,makes a new comp

myComp = app.project.item(index);
mySolid = myComp.layers.addSolid(color , name, width, height, pixelAspect , duration);
myEffect = mySolid.property("Effects").addProperty("effect name");


for example
something like that :

myComp = app.project.item(1);
mySolid = myComp.layers.addSolid([0.0,0.0,0], "my Solid One",848, 480, 1.07,25);
myEffect = mySolid.property("Effects").addProperty("Ramp");

You want it? ^^'

[ernpchan]

This looks to be more about adding an effect. I'd like to see what effects have already been applied in a project.

[Paul Tuersley]

I've written this script that does it:
http://aescripts.com/pt_effectsearch/

[ernpchan]

I've written this script that does it:
http://aescripts.com/pt_effectsearch/

Thanks Paul. Is there a way to access your script through another script? I want to search my comp for specific plug-ins to determine which render group on our network to use. It looks like your script can handle the search part but I need to pass that info onto my render submit script.

[Paul Tuersley]

It isn't possible to access pt_EffectSearch through another script in the way you want. You would have to create your own code for searching for effects, which would involve searching every layer of every comp in the project.

[ernpchan]

Thanks Paul.

Someone over on CGTalk posted a solution to this so I'm good.