Scripting OUTSIDE the program?

Hello,

I've been searching Google for a bit to try to dig up info on Adobe AfterEffects scripting, but I can't find the answer to a crucial question:

Is there a way to run a script programatically?

The effect I am going for is rather simple: insert the chosen text, and/or audio, into a specific section of a video, and then have Adobe AfterEffects generate the video from a template file. The text/audio would be selected from separate filenames fed into the script, for example.

Is this sort of thing possible? Any tips/ideas/thoughts on this? Thanks!

I found the Adobe After Effects script reference, and I have managed to create a script that modifies a text layer, eg:



There are a number issues that I can't get through, though:
* When I run the script using the command line, via afterfx.exe, absolutely nothing happens:
"afterfx.exe -r [script file location]". Nothing happens regardless whether AE and the test file is open or not. Why doesn't running the script via command line work? Even a simple alert didn't work. (sending the actual alert command [with "-s"] instead of a script file did work.)
* I want to open the file via the script. How do I do this?
* I want to either save the file via the script, or render via the script. How do I do this?

Thanks!

I figured out everything except loading via the command line. Seems to be problems with relative/absolute paths and spaces?

Hi,

to execute a script from the command line, I usually use full path and it works nice for me.

Example:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\AfterFX.exe" -r C:\Path\To\My\Script\MyScript.jsx


On MacOS you can run an script via Apple Script.

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