plugin 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 ArticleImport effects-layers of a psd-file
Hi We want to rebuild/integrate the comp import functionality to fit our environment. We succeeded in creating the corresponding FootageItems and compositions (for groups) but we are stuck with effect...
View ArticleIs there a way to access effect sequence data from AEGP?
Hi All, I'm storing some sequence data in my custom effect. I known that sequence data can be accessed through AEGP_EffectCallGeneric(). But is there a direct way of accessing sequence data...
View ArticleA newly added layer is not visible in composition
Hello, My effect processes the whole composition at once and adds a new visible(!) layer with results to the top of the composition. The source layer is situated under the new one. New layer is added...
View ArticleHow can I get the name of an applied effect instance?
We have an after effects plug-in (written using the SDK) and we'd like to get the name of an instance of an applied effect.For example, if my installed effect name is "FoofooBerry", and the customer...
View ArticleDevelop a simple After Effects plugin in C# ?
Hello, I would like to create a simple After Effects Plugin using C#. The plugin will have a small screen with a couple simple controls . This plugin will run in After Effects on a Windows machine. I...
View ArticleDoes Adobe Pixel Bender work with AE CS6/Premiere Pro CS6
Hello All, I want to create a GPU accelerated video processing plugin for After Effects/Premiere. I just came across Adobe "Pixel Bender" here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pixelbender.html It seems to...
View ArticleCompiling to the MediaCore does not work any more (osx 10.8)
Yesterday I installed some CC trial versions and today I can't compile into the mediacore folder anymore. My XCode says: "error: unable to create '/Library/Application...
View ArticleHow to use GetProjectPath (and other A_UTF16Char) properly?
Hi there, I'm trying to get the current project path and store it to wstring variable, and later convert it to A_Char to show it on reportinfo. Following code works correctly on Windows 7 64bit and...
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...
View Articlehelp, i need a phone number or support email regarding the SDK, where can i...
my company is looking to build a plugin set for after effects but we cannot find any way of contacting someone for tech questions befor getting started.any idas?
View ArticleWorkflow (Slick Debugging Tricks)
I'm trying to get into plugin dev. But I don't understand the workflow yet. And there really are no resources out there at all about this. I want to know how to make a change in Xcode 4.5.2, compile...
View ArticleVS2005 PiPL problem
Suddenly I am unable to change the AE_Effect_version in my pipl.r file. In the past I deleted the pipl.rc file after changing the pipl.r file and VS2005 built correctly. Now, I get the error "Error...
View ArticlePremiere + OpenGL
Hello.I created a plugin in After Effects SDK CS6 (Adobe Forum members wrote that my plugin should work both in AE and Premiere).In AE my plugin works perfectly. In Premiere, when I don't use OpenGL...
View ArticleVideo overlay using C#
Hi all, I am new to the After Effects and want to overlay a video on another video, I am using C# as language and have a urgent requirement.I want to provide a POC on this and then if required we will...
View ArticleIntercept command
Hi! I've written a plugin (effect) to control MaskShapes instead of AE. I already have a button in my plugin, to switch between 2 options: 1_Mask controls effect, 2_Effect controls mask. Now I'm trying...
View ArticleCustom Output Device
Hello, Is it possible to create a custom "Output Device" in addition of the "Blackmagic" and "Firewire" ones ?If possible, how ? Does it exist some project sample ? Thank you.
View ArticleBoxed Text Layer Position
I am using the ProjDumper sample code as a base to dump the detail on a project. I need to know the location of the left hand of the baseline of a text layer. My code works fine for point text layers,...
View ArticleColor Range in 16bit
Why16 bit the color range is form 0 to 32768 in Adobe After Effects. Shouldn't it be from 0 to 32767? Such is in 8 bit 0-255 (256 colors).
View ArticleIs there an After Effects Plugin project template/skeleton for Qt Creator?
Is there an After Effects Plugin project template/skeleton for Qt Creator?I mean, Qt is considered to be cross platform and it would be handy if you provided a sample plugin project since Adobe targets...
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