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to create a script first. For information, see Jeff Almasol's redefinery website. On the AE Scripts website, Lloyd Alvarez offers a tip on how to run .jsxbin scripts if you don't have access to the Scripts or ScriptUI Panels folder. Scripts included with After Effects To the top After Effects provides several prewritten scripts to assist you in performing common tasks, and to provide a basis for you to modify and create your own scripts. Run the sample script Demo Palette.jsx to get an idea of what sorts of things you can do with scripts. Writing and modifying scripts To the top You can write your own scripts for use in After Effects by using the script editor, which is part of the ExtendScript Toolkit. The ExtendScript Toolkit provides a convenient interface for creating, debugging, and testing your own scripts. Sometimes, all that you need to do is make a slight modification to an existing script to make it do what you want; such slight modifications can often be performed with little knowledge of computer programming and scripting languages. To start the script editor, choose File > Scripts > Open Script Editor. A tutorial on the AE Enhancers forum leads the reader step by step through the creation of a script. Jeff Almasol provides a set of scripting utilities-such as useful functions-to facilitate the creation of your own scripts on his redefinery website. David Torno provides a list of matchnames for After Effects scripts. Where to find additional useful scripts To the top To exchange scripts, projects, and other useful items with other After Effects users, go to the After Effects Exchange on the Adobe website. Dan Ebberts provides scripting tutorials and useful scripts in the scripting section of his MotionScript website. Lloyd Alvarez provides a collection of useful scripts on his After Effects Scripts website. The AE Enhancers forum provides example scripts and useful information about scripting (as well as expressions and animation presets) in After Effects. Jeff Almasol provides a collection of useful scripts on his redefinery website. Dale Bradshaw provides scripts and tricks on his Creative Workflow Hacks website. The nabscripts website provides many useful scripts. Mathias Möhl provides useful scripts-including MochaImport, KeyTweak, and Tracker2Mask-on his AExtensions website. Mathias also provides video tutorials explaining the use of the scripts. Christopher Green provides many useful scripts on his website. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy

Section	Page
What's New	2
What's new in CS6	3
What’s new in After Effects CS5.5	8
What’s new in After Effects CS5	9
After Effects getting started tutorials	15
Learn After Effects CS5 and CS5.5	16
Planning and setup	18
Setup and installation	22
Workflows	24
Workspace and workflow	27
Setup and installation	28
Workflows	30
Planning and setup	33
Working with After Effects and other applications	37
Dynamic Link and After Effects	43
Workspaces, panels, and viewers	46
General user interface items	51
Keyboard shortcuts reference	54
Modify keyboard shortcuts	72
Preferences	73
Projects and compositions	76
Projects	77
Timecode and time display units	80
Composition basics	82
Precomposing, nesting, and pre-rendering	87
Importing footage	92
Importing and interpreting video and audio	93
Working with footage items	98
Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro	103
Importing and interpreting footage items	107
Preparing and importing 3D image files	118
Preparing and importing still images	121
Layers and properties	128
Creating layers	129
Selecting and arranging layers	133
Managing layers	141
Layer properties	145
Blending modes and layer styles	153
3D layers	158
Cameras, lights, and points of interest	163
Views and previews	171
Previewing	172
Modifying and using views	181
Animation and Keyframes	185
Animation basics	186
Setting, selecting, and deleting keyframes	189
Editing, moving, and copying keyframes	192
Assorted animation tools	196
Keyframe interpolation	202
Speed	207
Tracking and stabilizing motion	213
Tracking 3D Camera Movement (CS6)	225
Animating with Puppet tools	228
Time-stretching and time-remapping	234
Color	241
Color basics	242
Color management	250
Drawing, painting, and paths	258
Paint tools: Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser	259
Overview of shape layers, paths, and vector graphics	266
Creating shapes and masks	271
Managing and animating shape paths and masks	279
Shape attributes, paint operations, and path operations for shape layers	287
Text	293
Creating and editing text layers	294
Formatting characters and the Character panel	299
Formatting paragraphs and the Paragraph panel	304
Animating text	306
Extruding text and shape layers (CS6)	315
Examples and resources for text animation	320
Transparency and compositing	325
Compositing and transparency overview and resources	326
Alpha channels, masks, and mattes	328
Keying	337
Roto Brush and Refine Matte	340
Effects and animation presets	345
Effects and animation presets overview	346
Effect list	368
3D Channel effects	376
Audio effects	381
Blur & Sharpen effects	384
Channel effects	390
The rolling shutter repair effect (CS6)	395
Color Correction effects	396
Distort effects	408
Generate effects	421
Keying effects	435
Matte effects	443
Noise & Grain effects	445
Obsolete effects	459
Perspective effects	463
Simulation effects	467
Stylize effects	488
Text effects	497
Time effects	499
Transition effects	504
Utility effects	510
Markers	514
Layer markers and composition markers	515
XMP metadata	519
Memory, storage, performance	524
Memory and storage (CS5.5, and earlier)	525
Improve performance	531
GPU (CUDA, OpenGL) features in After Effects CS6	534
Memory and storage (CS6)	536
Expressions and automation	544
Plug-ins	545
Scripts	547
Automation	549
Expression basics	550
Expression language reference	561
Expression examples	578
Rendering and Exporting	582
Basics of rendering and exporting	583
Rendering and exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player	596
Rendering and exporting still images and still-image sequences	602
Automated rendering and network rendering	604
Converting movies	610

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to create a script first. For information, see

Jeff Almasol's redefinery website

On the

AE Scripts website

, Lloyd Alvarez offers a tip on how to run .jsxbin scripts if you don't have access to the Scripts or ScriptUI Panels

folder.

Scripts included with After Effects

After Effects provides several prewritten scripts to assist you in performing common tasks, and to provide a basis for you to modify and create your

own scripts.

Run the sample script Demo Palette.jsx to get an idea of what sorts of things you can do with scripts.

Writing and modifying scripts

You can write your own scripts for use in After Effects by using the script editor, which is part of the ExtendScript Toolkit. The ExtendScript Toolkit

provides a convenient interface for creating, debugging, and testing your own scripts. Sometimes, all that you need to do is make a slight

modification to an existing script to make it do what you want; such slight modifications can often be performed with little knowledge of computer

programming and scripting languages.

To start the script editor, choose File > Scripts > Open Script Editor.

A tutorial on the

AE Enhancers forum

leads the reader step by step through the creation of a script.

Jeff Almasol provides a set of scripting utilities—such as useful functions—to facilitate the creation of your own scripts on his

redefinery website

David Torno provides

a list of matchnames for After Effects scripts

Where to find additional useful scripts

To exchange scripts, projects, and other useful items with other After Effects users, go to the

After Effects Exchange

on the Adobe website.

Dan Ebberts provides scripting tutorials and useful scripts in the

scripting section of his MotionScript website

Lloyd Alvarez provides a collection of useful scripts on his

After Effects Scripts website

The

AE Enhancers forum

provides example scripts and useful information about scripting (as well as expressions and animation presets) in After

Effects.

Jeff Almasol provides a collection of useful scripts on his

redefinery website

Dale Bradshaw provides scripts and tricks on his

Creative Workflow Hacks website

The

nabscripts website

provides many useful scripts.

Mathias Möhl provides useful scripts—including MochaImport, KeyTweak, and Tracker2Mask—on his

AExtensions website

. Mathias also provides

video tutorials explaining the use of the scripts.

Christopher Green provides many useful scripts on

his website

Legal Notices

Online Privacy Policy