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  Trouble with addComp in after effects script

  Posted by Alan Torres on June 24, 2013 at 12:03 am

  Hey everyone,

  I am very new to scripting in After Effects and javascript so please bear with me.

  I watched a couple of tutorials and got the hang of it but I quickly ran into an issue.

  As of now, all I want this script to do is create a comp with its settings that I define in prompts. I can do this just fine for the comp’s name but when I type in something for the comp width I get the error “Unable to call “addComp” because of parameter 2. 1920 is not an integer”. How is 1920 not an integer? I tried other numbers to no avail. I am sure this is something very simple to solve.

  Here is my script thus far

  var compName = prompt("Name of new comp","Comp Name"); //Defines the name of the new comp
var compWidth = prompt("Width of new comp",1920); //Defines the width of the new comp

  app.project.items.addComp(compName, compWidth, 1080, 1.00, 200, 23.976);

  Roland R. kahlenberg replied 13 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  June 24, 2013 at 8:29 pm

  It’s best to post scripting Qs in the COW’s AE Expressions Forum – https://forums.creativecow.net/adobe_after_effects_expressions

  Cheers
  RoRK

  Intensive mocha & AE Training in Singapore and Other Dangerous Locations

  Imagineer Systems (mocha) Certified Instructor
  & Adobe After Effects CS6 ACE

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