• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  start a tool though scripting

  Posted by Rodrigo Trovao on March 16, 2022 at 10:55 pm

  Hi, could you guys help me out?
  Is there a way to call a tool, like a pen tool’ (G shortcut) through scripting?
  I know that are adobe commands that i can call/search some menu items.
  But i didnt find it. Thanks anyway.

  Rodrigo Trovao replied 4 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andrei Popa

  March 18, 2022 at 5:49 am

  As of after effects 2017, this should be done with

  app.project.toolType = ToolType.Tool_Pen; 

  More on this at the page 52 of this document

  After Effects Scripting Guide (readthedocs.org)
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  Rodrigo Trovao

  March 18, 2022 at 11:09 pm

  Oh, didnt have this reference!
  Nice! Thanks Andrei! ♥

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