[Roland R. kahlenberg]

An MCP is a set of rules/protocols for apps to communicate with each other.

MCPs are designed to connect with an LLM on one end and with an app through a Server/Host/Client app.

So, an MCP doesn’t decide what can be done or how anything is done. These depend on the available APIs in the application and the features built into the Host and Server apps.

You will have to get in touch with the relevant companies/individuals to let them know what features you want.

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Yup – it’s not align but distribute – so, yeah, align works kinda well in the Align Panel but distribute is awkward with differently-sized layers.

Noted on the lawsuits but I see these as outliers rather than widespread practice and you don’t have to use Firefly as it’s a feature and not the underlying tech for AEAI. Firefly will also cover legal costs if any of their output puts you in a legal spot – not heard anything in this area.

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

AEAI is now available in the Public Beta.

First thoughts – It’s not bad. It’s slow. It’s got a Token Gas Tank that runs out pretty fast – no gas tank indicator nor when it’s available again.

It can create Textures – uses Adobe Firefly
It can write Responsive Expressions
It can do alignments even with differently sized layers
It does multi-layer, geometric layouts
It does a good job organizing objects in the project panel
It renames layers intelligently – it takes a snapshot of your comp and uses this for renaming and other tasks

We’ll cover more when the COW goes LIVE for 90 Minutes where we’ll dig into AEAI and AI in Post.
Keep an eye, finger, mouse out for The Announcement.

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

BRING IT ON BRIE !!!

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi Mads, a COW get-together to chat about AI is a good idea and I’d certainly support it and make myself available.

BlackMagic Design are very much deploying AI so are The Foundry and Autodesk. Maxon got a lot of pushback when they wanted to add AI features into C4D – not sure how that’s coming along.

Adobe is certainly into it but AI is the tech and how they deploy and with what tools is what I’m looking at.

These AI Assistants Adobe have added to Ps, Pr, Ai, Id and now Ae are MCPs and technically, they’re a bridge and a bridge does nothing but allow data to pass through, two ways. What’s critical are the tools they build and allow to cross this bridge as these define what can be done using their MCP/AI Assistant. There are also about 3 other Ae MCPs out there and these have been around since very early this year.

The critical questions are –
– who are the target users – I set up Ae users into 5 groups –
Early Adopter
Content Creator
Intermediate User
Pro User
Expert user

– how AEAI performs, as a tool that provides solutions for users within each of the 5 groups

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

It’s the same issue with getting a Shape Layer’s mode – the pattern with the issue is when a Drop Menu occurs on the same and first line of the propertyGroup(). And the 3D Meshes too – the Mesh Options property.

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

IF I get back to it – moved on to other matters. My thoughts – since there isn’t an Expression to access it then the propertyGroup way would be the only option and you’re expert in this area. I’ll have to think of a roundabout way to do it OR file it away as “Unimportant”. 🙂

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

You need to set the timeline stack for a compositing task – see image below …

It’s going to take too long of a time for what I can offer now to post the AEP on my blog or at the COW. Hopefully the screen grab below provides enough clue for you to get productive OR DIG IN!!!

😀

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Hi David, looks like copying from the forum creates CURLY QUOTES in the expression instead of normal quotes. So, look at the expression in your Expression Textbox to see if there are any of these and change them to normal quotation marks.

Let me know how it does. I was going to drop an AEP and host it on my blog – may do it sooner than later but lots of things brewing over here. 😉

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

Mary, thanks for letting us know how you solved this issue.
Always good to hear when someone solves an issue on their own or with assistance from others.

Best Wishes