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Creating custom Effects – Similar to Presets but a lot tidier.
Hi, I’d like to know how to create my own custom effects for AE.
I like the way that AE can save Presets, but is there a way of saving these presets to be loaded back in a bit tidier?
As an example of what I mean, load up the “Expressions Sampler.aep” from the Browse Template Projects menu, load up the Comp “bounce” – see how the top layer’s Effect is named “Bounce”? …is this not a collection of Expression Controls that are bunched into a tidier package?
I’d like to create something similar where there would be quite a few controls (from AE’s default set of Effects) that are not needed to be visible/edited.
I realise that this is essentially a question asking how to write effects myself; though – can it be done without knowing any scripting or code-writing?
I could be tempted to look into scripting if needed; If so, where should I start?
Thanks in advance.
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Here’s a link to Jim Tierney’s (one of the masters of plugin creation) take on creating your own plugins – it’s way beyond me:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/893065
Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
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i think you’ll find what you are looking for here:
https://aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=515&hilit=presets+xmlbasically, those effect properties are just expression controls, but you can hack the presets xml file to make the individual effects look like properties of a single effect.
note: you can also change the name of any applied effect by selecting it (after applying it), hitting enter (or return) and typing a new name for the effect. once saved as a preset, when applied (from the preset) it will have the new name. useful when adding expression controls to control various properties, you can give them some relevant name.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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