How to compile .rc file?
Hi everyone. I'm trying to change a version of my plugin in the .r file, but it does not recompile the resource file - the version number stays the same. I tried copying custom build settings from...
View ArticleAny way to click a button on an effect?
Hi there. I'm trying to figure out a way to simulate a user pressing a button on an effect. I've seen others asking about this w/o...
View ArticleProjDumper : {unexpected match name searched for in group} ( 29 :: 0 )
Using ProjDumper example from the SDK I consistently get the following error:"After Effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {unexpected match name searched for in group} ( 29 :: 0 )".Can...
View ArticleProject files crash after adding new parameters to an effect plugin
Hi There, As I was developing an effect, I built projects to test things out. Now, however, I added a new parameter to an effect and when I open the projects that contain the old build of the same...
View ArticleHow to edit AF files without open After Effects application
Hello, guys. I am trying to edit aep files without opening After Effects application? ,by CMD command or SDK whatever...My concern is that I open aep files without opening After Effects application.and...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 unable to debug - The request is not supported
Hi, I'm new in AE plugin development. I can build and run code from after effects (cc 2017), but when I try to debug like it says in the SDK Guide, VS says "Unable to start program C:\Program...
View ArticleAEGP / EggP? Parse aep file or use SDK?
I am trying get all of the text layers (their text) out of an After Effects Project (7.0). I have the 7.0 SDK and I see how I might access a selected layer, but I don't see how I can get All of the...
View ArticleSetting a stream value on the correct thread.
Hi. I have read that > version 13.5 AEGP_SetStreamValue should only be set on a UI thread as opposed to a render thread, otherwise it will give an error. From the documentation, these selectors are...
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Bezier curve conversion between value graph and speed graph
Hello everyone, I have a question about the formula for graph conversion between value graph and speed graph on Graph Editor. Especially, when those graphs are Bezier Curves. On the value graph you...
View ArticleHas anyone considered leap motion for camera control?
Hello all, I have very little coding experience, but I'm a full time professional Ae user. I bought a leap motion when they first came out a few years ago with the hope that it could help me in Ae,...
View ArticleHow to install AEX in Premiere Pro 2.0?
Hi,I copied my AEX (effect plugin) file into the following folder:Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0\Plug-ins\en_USand then started Premiere. But my plugin was nowhere to be found. Are there some installation...
View ArticleAEGP_GetEffectLayer returns error 515 in PPro CS4.1
Hi, I'm trying to bring a plugin that we have working on AE CS4 over to PPro CS4. I can't seem to get a layer handle in the latest PPro - though I'm fairly sure this code worked in PPro 2.0 if (!...
View ArticleCan you get a AEGP_WorldH from a PF_EffectWorld*?
Hey guys. In my import plugin's DrawSparseFrame, I'm trying to figure out the PixelFormat of the PF_EffectWorld* passed in. My prototype looks like this: static A_ErrMy_DrawSparseFrame(...
View ArticleHow to use iterate suites in DrawSparseFrame of an AEIO?
I want to put the data into the effect world, but I can't use "suites.Iterate8Suite1()->iterate" because I don't have a "PF_InData" I tried to access every pixel by sampleIntegral32. It doesn't...
View ArticleGet Focal Length of the camera?
I am trying to figure out a way to get the focal length of the camera. It is mentioned in the CS4 documentation but no such call is available in the SDK. I just need to find the field of view of the...
View ArticleAEGP_ExecuteScript
Hello I have a problem using script from sdk. When in script editor I run this code, my project load with any problem function openProject(filename) { if (app.project != NULL)...
View ArticleDisabling and or hiding parameter controls depending on the value of a popup
How should I go about doing this? I've set the flags for the popup param to PF_ParamFlag_SUPERVISE like so def.flags = PF_ParamFlag_SUPERVISE; PF_ADD_POPUP( "Mode", 6, 1, "Option 1|Option...
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Error on exit: Leaked effect refs
Hello,I have error message "After Effects: AEGP Plugin Updater: Leaked effect refs (5027::12)"when exit AfterEffects with saved project. The error appears only if there are two or more instanses of...
View ArticleAfter Effects and OpenCV
Hi, I have been trying for days to get OpenCV to work with After Effects.The code compiles, but this simple line of code (or any other line of OpenCV code) makes the program crash straight away :...
View Articletransform_world problem
HiI'm trying to use transform_world to take on world, scale it and translate it and copy it into the output It seems that just scaling it and copying it works, and just translating it and copying it...
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