Make Animation Library Plugin

[Scott Mcgee]

Unless anyone else has anything to offer.

CEP HTML 5 is what you need to research. This will allow to show previews. Unsure about drag and drop, but there are multiple ways of inputting it.

But the only way to show previews is using a format that will handle h.264.mp4 I build mine in CEP HTML 5

Here’s a link to get you started

https://victorianece.com/2015/12/getting-started-with-html5-cep-panels-for-after-effects/

[Tomas Bumbulevičius]

Hey Nuwan,

to accompany further to what Scott had said already, few things to consider:
1. Why do you need such plugin? Is it for personal use only or built as a tool for others? Answering such question in early beginning is the most important.
2. In case of building plugin for marketplace – consider the competing examples and whether you have an edge.
3. Assuming you have no coding experience in Javascript – are you willing to master it? Sooner or later it will be beyond HTML & CSS.

Hope this helps!

Find out more:
After Effects Tutorials: motion design, expressions, scripting.

[Nuwan Thilina]

Thank you, Scott McGee, for taking me to right direction. I didn’t have any guide before you sending me invaluable information.
I will start my research from today, Thanks again.

Hello Tom,

01. Yes, Build this for others.

02. We (me & my partner) are making AE templates Full time and looking a way to package them as one plugin.
We will be reaching 1000+ elements this year.

03. Actually, I learned a lot about Javascript from Creative cow forum. Special from Dan Ebberts’s posts. I really enjoy it.
But I’m thinking about hiring someone to make the plugin and learn along the way.

Thank You,
Nuwan T.

[Tomas Bumbulevičius]

It would be also notable to look into this tool as one of the additional implementations into your plugin: https://aescripts.com/compcode/

Find out more:
After Effects Tutorials: motion design, expressions, scripting.

[Nuwan Thilina]

Hello Tom, It seems like an amazing project. It does 90% what I wanted. Never seen this type of script before.
There are two problems I wanted to resolve/improve.

01. Visual previews in the library instead of text.
02. Subfolders for subcategories.

Thank You,
Nuwan T.

[Tomas Bumbulevičius]

Hey Nuwan,

for visuals I guess there can be only one way of workaround – making actual preview of effect/template/solution as an output file and linking it with button/icon. Which on hover – playbacks.

As for anything sub-bins related, this should depend on html/css solution or any other external libraries to achieve such purpose of showcasing.

Cheers!

Find out more:
After Effects Tutorials: motion design, expressions, scripting.