Pipltool question
Hi, I am trying to develop a plugin and I use the CS4 sdk and After Effects CS4 9.00.346 (I know it is old, but the trial version of CS6 did not start, and chatting with the help desk was really...
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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 ArticleUsing Qt in a AEGP plugin. QWidget can't get after effects as parent window
Hey guys, I'm trying to use the qt framework to create a user interface for my AEGP plugin. And I'm running into some problems. First, I tried to pass the main HWND into a QWidget, but the...
View ArticleNo rerendring in Smart Effect
I use PreRender - SmartRender in the Effect to support 32-bit depth color, and the effect should process whole image at once. The problem is that AAE asks my Effect to rerender the result every time i...
View ArticleIssue with applying plugin in non-English version of AE on non-English...
Hi There, I am encountering an issue related to my plugin and differing language versions of AE. When I apply my plugin to a layer within a project opened in an English version of AE, everything...
View ArticleUser interface for AEGP
Hi, after using Scriptui and Extended Script for a while, I was planning to dive into the SDK now to speed up certain things that feel a bit sluggish using the scripting language. However - and I may...
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 ArticleGuest Register: Who are you, and what do you develop?
It was high time for there to be an Adobe-served forum for After Effects plug-in developers. All current and aspiring AE developers are welcome.Keep it cordial, play nice with the other kids, and have...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 with After Effects SDK?
The documentation explicitly references Visual Studio 2008 .NET (version 9.0) SP1 for Windows 7 (64). Is Visual Studio 2010 supported as well?
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Why doesn't the Skeleton plugin template from the Adobe After Effects CC 2015...
OS version: OS X Yosemite 10.10.3Xcode version: 6.4After Effects version: CC 2015.0.1 1. I open the Xcode project file for the Skeleton template 2. I navigate to the Issue navigator and perform the...
View ArticleLooking for an AE plugin developer to help execute an idea for a plugin I have
While working in AE, I noticed in one instance that an expression didn't work as I expected it to do, and the workaround was a bit too complicated to be easily used. I recently got an idea for a simple...
View ArticleDynamic Memory Allocation For Array of Objects
So I'm reaching my wits-end with this problem, and am hoping someone on here can see what I'm doing wrong. Basically I have a collection class, let's call it Collection. In there I want a dynamic array...
View Articlesetting position of point of interest
can't find this in sdk-- "point of interest" doesn't turn up anything useful and skimming through "POI" also gives nothing. i want to add keyframes for my point of interest's position. i don't see...
View ArticleGetting pixel from layer other than parameter layer
i want to get pixels from layer other than my source layer and parameter layers (all layer in my composition)I read some post here, and i tried to apply the explained method.My problem is that i get a...
View ArticleGet selected mask
Hi. My plug-in is AEGPs.There are some masks on a layer, and I'd like to get the mask selected in timeline window. I can get exist masks with below code.But I don't know which mask is selected.Please,...
View ArticleGetting 32-bit PF_EffectWorld from within 8-bit Proj
Is it possible to get the 32-bit PF_EffectWorld of a layer param while the output pixel format is not? I'd like to work with a plug that can use 32-bit layers but doesn't necessarily need to be from...
View ArticleHow to get resize callbacks for a dockable plugin window?
Hi All, I'm going through Panelator plugin. It comes as a separate window. I want some callback when the window is getting resized or moved. What kind of event I need to register for gtting...
View ArticleDrag and drop support in plugin
Hello, I was going through Panelator sample plugin code and saw that they are creating dockable panel using OS Controls. I was just trying to check if i can add code for handling any drag and drop on...
View ArticleHow to use collection suite for selection?
Hi, I have created a collection of items I need to select. So what I need to do for selecting the collection which I created? Code : AEGP_Collection2H collectionH =...
View ArticleDuration of layers other than effect layer
Hi all, I am using PF_CHECKOUT_PARAM to check out a user selected video layer in my AE effect. The user selects which frame to select using a slider exactly the same way the checkout effect example...
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