Return-Path: Received: from mail-qa0-f47.google.com ([209.85.216.47] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5174508 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:56:42 +0200 Received: by mail-qa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id o19so1179451qap.20 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:08:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=tm9gIvue5HnTzQdSWKptwJXKbY6TX6AVdl3GKopYW6E=; b=YzjZ+WG7ldGQSRYsOfn3UbwlFhOgpGGeUPogXqLlQIth3/40m20aFzIvuV1pGhkT8d NyP6//OVz1x/IUj2FngFBw3uiDNdXlUh+GBUI4j7w3AaGDkYSjZBDv4/uTj6xwYv7CIB CkXSpfcBM2FzIwjWPbuvHQ7K3IzJfW0y53n3OYZFvLoQL7D8Q7GOz/yB2zhWx08MMGIt 5xa9WbLqn4kAhz6Q0I0Y/vnv+BnA74K2U2faVsVbpwbEFSb/KyfHmrd5cXGDjzBw13a3 2nVucuRA0isbccnz7EYSztvbmkGCK4oWfvlJtjIOR9tULg3RlfBVCi85Gqa5PYcaY9Rd UlMQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.172.195 with SMTP id m3mr356382qaz.72.1376330914659; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:08:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.16.67 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:08:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:08:34 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] After Effects ExtendScript Training (complete series) From: Daniel Griffin To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c28f0c43077304e3c4033d --001a11c28f0c43077304e3c4033d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you very much! Daniel Griffin www.kubikafilms.com 2013/8/12 Marco Domingues > Thanks you so much! > > > On 12 August 2013 16:08, Byron Nash wrote: > >> Thanks for putting this training together David. It's a great resource >> and a true benefit to the community. >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Joe Stern wrote: >> >>> Thanks, David, for all of the work that you have put into this series. I >>> appreciate all of the people mentioned in your post that have blazed the >>> path for us. You have taken a topic that many consider "over our heads" and >>> broken it down into bite-sized chunks. The lessons are easy to follow and >>> make for a great overview of the subject. Bravo to you and your mentors. >>> Adobe should make it part of their online training (Todd?). >>> >>> Best, >>> Joe Stern >>> CNN Post Production >>> Atlanta >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 11, 2013, at 1:58 PM, David Torno wrote: >>> >>> With this weeks post of episode 19, I have now reached the end of the >>> series. I wanted to consolidate all the links into a proper organized post, >>> so that is why I am making this post. It has been a long journey to get to >>> this point, and I am so very grateful to know and have met some of you in >>> this forum. There have been many people in my life that have made it >>> possible for me to learn a lot about After Effects over the years. Jeff >>> Almasol being the key that helped spark that scripting interest so many >>> years ago in 2007 when he saved my butt on a nightmare project. With my cry >>> for help, and this script ( >>> http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?item=rd_NewProjectFromComp) >>> showing up an hour later. It made me think about a ton of new >>> possibilities. I still didn't know coding though which made the process >>> VERY difficult. Step in Dan Ebberts and Harry Frank. They provided me the >>> tools necessary to learn expressions, which broke open the doors and made >>> my understanding of coding possible. >>> http://www.motionscript.com/ >>> http://www.toolfarm.com/product/after_effects_expressions_series_1_bundle >>> Paul Tuersley, and Lloyd Alvarez also quickly became my goto for >>> scripting help and made my final transition into After Effects scripting >>> possible. All of these men are gods in my eye and deserve such respect. >>> >>> I made this series with the goal of providing a helpful tool to fill in >>> some of the gaps of information that exists online on working with >>> ExtendScript for After Effects. I also wanted to give back to the same >>> community that so graciously gave to me over the years. That is why this >>> series is free to the public, and why it is packed full of content. Sixteen >>> hours, fifteen minutes and forty seconds worth of content to be exact. Yes, >>> I made a script to add up the clip times. >>> >>> >>> Here is the complete list of the entire After Effects ExtendScript >>> Training series. All nineteen episodes with over sixteen hours of video >>> content. Enjoy. >>> >>> Episode 1: (Intro) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-1-2-3 >>> >>> >>> Episode 2: (Javascript Basics p1) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-1-2-3/P2 >>> >>> >>> Episode 3: (Javascript Basics p2) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-1-2-3/P3 >>> >>> >>> Episode 4: (After Effects Object Model structure overview / Script >>> Preparation and development tips / Single Item Access of various project >>> items, comps and layers) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-4 >>> >>> >>> Episode 5: (Access Renderqueue items, output modules and file paths / >>> Multiple item access of project items, comps and layers / Batch change all >>> renderqueue items file paths) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-5 >>> >>> >>> Episode 6: (Collecting data into an Array() / Changing values / Various >>> tips) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-6 >>> >>> >>> Episode 7: (Create new comps and folders / Create Null, Solid, and Text >>> layers) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-7 >>> >>> >>> Episode 8: (Create multiple comps of various sizes / Use Undo group / >>> Add solids to match each comp / Various tips) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-8 >>> >>> >>> Episode 9: (Globally change blue solids to red / Replace solid name blue >>> with red) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-9 >>> >>> >>> Episode 10: (Build a custom function to collect all CompItem objects / >>> Modify function to dynamically allow for choice of CompItem, FolderItem or >>> FootageItem) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-10 >>> >>> >>> Episode 11: (Build a floating GUI with groups, buttons, checkboxes, >>> radio buttons, dropdown lists, progress bars, icon buttons, images, static >>> text, edit text boxes, sliders, scroll bars, panels with names, tabbed >>> panels with multiple tabs, listbox lists, listbox lists with multiple >>> columns, or tree view lists) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-11 >>> >>> >>> Episode 12 P1 & 2: (Build a dockable & floating combo GUI with groups, >>> buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdown lists, progress bars, icon >>> buttons, images, static text, edit text boxes, sliders, scroll bars, panels >>> with names, tabbed panels with multiple tabs, listbox lists, listbox lists >>> with multiple columns, or tree view lists) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-12 >>> >>> >>> Episode 13: (ExtendScript Developer Utility script release / Retrieve a >>> list of all project item footage file paths) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-13 >>> >>> >>> Episode 14: (Processing text strings) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-14 >>> >>> >>> Episode 15 P1 & 2: (Keyframes) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-15 >>> >>> >>> Episode 16 P1 & 2: (Create text layers from text document) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-16 >>> >>> >>> Episode 17 P1, 2 & 3: (Export property info to text document) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-17 >>> >>> >>> Episode 18 P1, 2 & 3: (Dockable list of all effects used in project and >>> export to text document) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-18 >>> >>> >>> Episode 19 P1 & 2: (Create custom functions to Retrieve layer types, >>> retrieve all fonts used in project, retrieve a text layer's justification, >>> retrieve a layer's blending mode) >>> >>> http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-19 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> David Torno >>> Visual Effects Artist and Supervisor >>> http://www.ghosttownmedia.com >>> E: david@ghosttownmedia.com >>> O: 213.739.2290 >>> C: 818.391.6060 >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> http://www.sydefxink.com (main portfolio) >>> http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com (vfx tutorials and AE scripts blog) >>> http://mactex.blogspot.com (free textures blog) >>> >>> >>> >> > --001a11c28f0c43077304e3c4033d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thank you very much!

Daniel Griffin
www.kubikafilms.com


2013/8/12 Marco Domingues <marco= domingues@gmail.com>
Thanks you so much!


On= 12 August 2013 16:08, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> wr= ote:
Thanks for putting this tra= ining together David. It's a great resource and a true benefit to the c= ommunity.


On = Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Joe Stern <joes31@gmail.com> wr= ote:
Tha= nks, David, for all of the work that you have put into this series.=A0I app= reciate all of the people mentioned in your post that have blazed the path = for us.=A0You have taken a topic that many consider "over our heads&qu= ot; and broken it down into bite-sized chunks. The lessons are easy to foll= ow and make for a great overview of the subject. Bravo to you and your ment= ors. Adobe should make it part of their online training (Todd?).

Best,
Joe Stern
CNN Post Production=
Atlanta



On Aug 11, 2013, at 1:58 PM, David Torno <torno@sydefxink.com> wrote:

With= this weeks post of episode 19, I have now reached the end of the series. I= wanted to consolidate all the links into a proper organized post, so that = is why I am making this post. It has been a long journey to get to this poi= nt, and I am so very grateful to know and have met some of you in this foru= m. There have been many people in my life that have made it possible for me= to learn a lot about After Effects over the years. Jeff Almasol being the = key that helped spark that scripting interest so many years ago in 2007 whe= n he saved my butt on a nightmare project. With my cry for help, and this s= cript (http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?item=3Dr= d_NewProjectFromComp) showing up an hour later. It made me think about = a ton of new possibilities. I still didn't know coding though which mad= e the process VERY difficult. Step in Dan Ebberts and Harry Frank. They pro= vided me the tools necessary to learn expressions, which broke open the doo= rs and made my understanding of coding possible.
Paul Tuersley, and Lloyd Alvarez also quickly became my goto for scrip= ting help and made my final transition into After Effects scripting possibl= e. All of these men are gods in my eye and deserve such respect.
=A0
I made this series with the goal of providing a helpful tool = to fill in some of the gaps of information that exists online on working wi= th ExtendScript for After Effects. I also wanted to give back to the same c= ommunity that so graciously gave to me over the years. That is why this ser= ies is free to the public, and why it is packed full of content. Sixteen ho= urs, fifteen minutes and forty seconds worth of content to be exact. Yes, I= made a script to add up the clip times.
=A0

Here is the complete list of the entire A= fter Effects ExtendScript Training series. All nineteen episodes with over = sixteen hours of video content. Enjoy.=A0
=A0
Episode 1= : (Intro)
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Episode 3: (Javascript Basics p2)
http://provideocoaliti= on.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-1-2-3/P3
=A0
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Episode 4: (After Effects Object Model str= ucture overview / Script Preparation and development tips / Single Item Acc= ess of various project items, comps and layers)
=A0
=A0
Episode 5: (Access Renderqueue items, outp= ut modules and file paths / Multiple item access of project items, comps an= d layers / Batch change all renderqueue items file paths)
=A0
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Episode 6: (Collecting data into an Array(= ) / Changing values / Various tips)
=A0
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Episode 7: (Create new comps and folders /= Create Null, Solid, and Text layers)
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Episode 8: (Create multiple comps of vario= us sizes / Use Undo group / Add solids to match each comp / Various tips)
http://provideocoaliti= on.com/pvcexclusive/video/after-effects-extendscript-training-ep-8
=A0
=A0
Episode 9: (Globally change blue solids to= red / Replace solid name blue with red)
=A0
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Episode 10: (Build a custom function to co= llect all CompItem objects / Modify function to dynamically allow for choic= e of CompItem, FolderItem or FootageItem)
=A0
=A0
Episode 11: (Build a floating GUI with gro= ups, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdown lists, progress bars, ico= n buttons, images, static text, edit text boxes, sliders, scroll bars, pane= ls with names, tabbed panels with multiple tabs, listbox lists, listbox lis= ts with multiple columns, or tree view lists)
=A0
=A0
Episode 12 P1 & 2: (Build a dockable & = floating combo GUI with groups, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdow= n lists, progress bars, icon buttons, images, static text, edit text boxes,= sliders, scroll bars, panels with names, tabbed panels with multiple tabs,= listbox lists, listbox lists with multiple columns, or tree view lists)
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Episode 13: (ExtendScript Developer Utility scr= ipt release / Retrieve a list of all project item footage file paths)
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Episode 16 P1 & 2: (Create text layers= from text document)
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Episode 17 P1, 2 & 3: (Export property= info to text document)
=A0
=A0
Episode 18 P1, 2 & 3: (Dockable list o= f all effects used in project and export to text document)
=A0
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Episode 19 P1 & 2: (Create custom func= tions to Retrieve layer types, retrieve all fonts used in project, retrieve= a text layer's justification, retrieve a layer's blending mode)



------
David Torno
Visual Eff= ects Artist and Supervisor
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http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com=A0(vfx tutorials an= d AE scripts blog)
http://macte= x.blogspot.com=A0=A0(free textures blog)



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