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AAE Won’t Import Scripts (*.jsx files)
Hey guys,
So basically, I wanted to learn about scripting in AE. After many searches in the COW archives, I’ve came up with Dan Ebberts’s great web site https://www.motionscript.com/ae-scripting/getting-started-1.html – which is the first tutorial on scripting in AE on his website.
After playing around, I decided to take a go and start the tutorial. Sadly enough, I’m stuck on the first step:
“You should save your text with the Unicode (UFT-8) option.” […] “To run the script, (don’t forget to create a comp first), just go to the File menu, select “Run Script”, then select “Choose File…” (assuming you haven’t stored it in the “Scripts” folder). Then navigate to wherever you saved your script and open it.”
Thing is, even if I copied/pasted the “expression” in Notepad and saved it as Unicode (UFT-8), it doesn’t appear. I go to Files > Run Script > Choose File > AAE Scripts (where I saved it) and, there’s no script at all. If I click on “All Acceptable Files” and I click on the Notepad file, it’ll do nothing.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a basic program where I can save those expressions in a “.jsx” format?
Thanks for your time guys.
Justin Productions
Ta********@*****il.com
Adobe After Effects 6.5 Professional -
1 Reply
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You should save your scripts with a .jsx extension (from whatever text editor you’re using) so they’ll be recognized as scripts, but you should still be able to run it as a text file. Are you sure it didn’t run?
Dan
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