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Dynamically render and update content using code and render engine.
I am looking for a solution to dynamically generate a video file
using AE, render engine, code, and watch folders.Example. I create a template using AE. I write some code making an interface to populate and update that template, without opening AE. Then a script to send it to a render engine.
Does anyone have some insight?
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You can’t do it without opening After Effects.
The After Effects project files are not XML based, so you can’t just run a script that would alter a projectfile in an intelligent way.
A script could fire up After Effects, and by running an After Effects Extendscript a project could get altered, and save to the Render Engine watch folder.How are your applescript (watch any folder) & javascript (extendscript) skills ?
(Or I guess VBscript on a PC to watch a folder ?)If you have some knowledge of these scripting languages and a day with the After Effects scripting guide, you should be able to do it.
Questions are welcome in the expressions forum.
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