makingpippop / After-Effects-Scripting-Tools

This .jsxinc file includes basic and custom Javascript functions that I think is missing in the Extend Script environment .

After-Effects-Scripting-Tools

This .jsxinc file includes basic and custom Javascript methods and functions that I think is missing in the Extend Script environment.

I will update this file as I create new methods, so be sure to check regularly for updates ! Feel free to add this script in yours, and contact me if you wanna add some of your useful methods.

Install

Import the file into your current script.

var currentScript = new File($.fileName);
var assetsFolder = new Folder(currentScript.parent.absoluteURI.toString()+"/assets");
try {
	$.evalFile(new File(assetsFolder.toString()+"/js/js_tools.jsxinc"));
} catch(e) {
	//This is one of two things: either there is an error
   //in the file or the file does not exist
   alert("Error while getting one of the asset for the script");
}

You can also use the #include at the top of your script

#include "path-to-this-script/js_tools.jsxinc"

This script includes :

"Native" Javascript Methods

JSON

• JSON2 ( https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js )
• Object.keys

Array

• indexOf
• min
• max
• reduce
• fill ( https://gist.github.com/addyosmani/d5648c89420eb333904c.js )

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Custom Javascript Methods

String

Method	Description	Returns
._ext	Returns the extension of a file name	String

Number

Method	Description	Returns
.mod	Let's you use modulo (%) with a negative number	Int

Math

Method	Description	Returns
Math.degrees	Converts from radians to degrees	Float
Math.radians	Converts from degrees to radians	Float

Array

Method	Description	Returns
_combine	add, subtract, multiply or divide the content of 2 arrays	Array
_equals	Compares two arrays and return true if they are identical	Boolean

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Custom AE Methods

FolderItem

Method	Description	Returns
_getAllItems	Retreive all the items in a folder and his subfolder(s)	JSON with all the items in the folder. If the _function parameter is undefined, nothing is returned

MaskPropertyGroup

Method	Description	Returns
_removeKeys	Delete all keyframes from the called MaskPropertyGroup	-

PropertyGroup

Method	Description	Returns
_removeKeys	Delete all keyframes from the called PropertyGroup	-

Property

Method	Description	Returns
_removeKeys	Delete all keyframes from the called Property	-

FootageItem

Method	Description	Returns
_createComp	Create a comp based on the footage	Array containing the CompItem and the Layer [comp,layer]