could not locate entrypoint, plug-in developement
Hello, I just started to develop plug-ins for after effects because of a big project in my company, and I experience an issue when I try to use the plug-in I developped whith Visual Studio 2012 and the...
View ArticleAfter Effects + OpenGL
I know that this subject was already touched upon here a couple of years ago but I want to refresh it.I'm interested in implementing OpenGL in After Effects' plugin. Is is possible yet? If yes -...
View Articleplugin shortcut and menu
I made a plugin which contains 8 entries in FILE menu. I want to put them into a single sub menu and also assign a keyboard shortcut to them.....can anybody tell me how to do that..on both mac and...
View ArticleParameter groups and Debug to Release
Hello, I have created a plugin and I am facing two issues right now. Firstly, my UI is a bit cluttered. I read all the SDK but couldn't find enough information on how to create Parameter Groups....
View ArticleNon-Custom UI Drawing
Hi all. My plugin requires certain things drawing to the comp, including circles, lines and (hopefully) text. However they are *not* part of a custom UI - in other words they can stay on-screen during...
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Image / Logo in Parameter
This might be a fairly naive question, but I've fumbled through putting together my first plugin through these forums, the sdk and sheer brute force at times ... however one thing I noticed on Keylight...
View ArticleAfter Effects error: invalid filter (25::3)
Someone reported this error when using my plug-in on a Mac. It works fine on my Mac and on many others, but reports this error on his system. My globalsetup code gets called and works fine, but AE...
View ArticleTracking mask path vertices?
Hi all I've tried many ways to track vertex coordinates of a path(beign it mask or shape path). And the only solution i've found until now was making scripts, which works well, but is not ideal, since...
View ArticleEffect's index
Hi! I have a problem to get an Effect's index. I tried to solve my problem by getting the Effect's name, and it works fine, except if user gives that name twice, so I'm still stucked...How can you...
View ArticleMAC AE plugin: Bundle scripts with plugin and access for execution
Hi there,as the title says I'm trying to execute some scripts from my plugin but I can't figure out how to get the plugins location to access the bundled resources. I'm pretty new to the plugin...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Plug-ins
I have created a plug-in and tested it sucessfully on my computers, both Mac and PC, 32 and 64-bit, and everything has worked fine. However, when I put the plug-in my website for download, one user has...
View ArticleBlender to After Effects exporter
Hello!I'm working with a couple of people on a script that allow the exporting of camera data from Blender to After Effects, here ---> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=70432 the...
View ArticleExecuting AEGP from javascript
Hello guys,Thanks to Sacahr I understood how to execute Javascript from AEGP.There is two main problem to this method:-the aegp execution goes on without waiting the end of parameter setting through...
View ArticleHow do I use AEIO_OutputFrame?
Hi,I am trying to write a new export plugin based on the FBIO sample for CS6.I am struggling to understand how to use the AEIO_Outputframe. I get the call and can see that this has already opened the...
View ArticlePixel data in AEGP plugin
Hi people,I am just researching the next step for the plugin I a, developing. I need to access the pixel data so I can write it out from an AEGP plugin. I can see that you can get the layer I'd and...
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How to composite masks?
Hello,I am trying to generate a layer containing the alpha information from all the masks applied to a composition.However, that does not appear to be an easy task. I was able to obtain the information...
View ArticleCalculations that work in After Effects but not in Premiere Pro
I'm developing another Premiere Pro plugin based on AE effects SDK. The plugin manipulates pixels in a very simple way - based on lift/gamma/gain controls it changes the values as such:...
View ArticleAEGP_UtilitySyite5::AEGP_ExecuteScript() doesn't do anything in my effect...
Bonjoir All of you!,I'm developing a Effect plugin and I wanted to execute some script using the AEGP_UtilitySyite5::AEGP_ExecuteScript() function. I have supplied all the parameters to this function....
View ArticleNon-technical question about naming conventions used in API
What does the prefix `PF_` stand for in all the function names in the AE SDK? It's not immediately obvious to me, and was just curious. I like to have a sense of how the naming conventions came to be...
View Articleeffect_index?
I know this must be simple, but I'm not finding it. How does an effect get its own effect_index? Dan
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