extendscriptkit

ExtendScriptKit

Shims and helpers for ExtendScript, adds some methods to built-in prototypes. Mostly for AE at the moment and can only be used in combination with Browserify.

See modern-extendscript as an example.

Installing

npm install --save-dev extendscriptkit

Features

Help me add more =)

AE Helpers

• Application.prototype.
  • undoable(nameOfAction, func) - Easy undo
  • faster(func) - Creates a temporary new composition for when doing a lot of updates. (around 2x speed increase)
• Project.prototype.
  • forItems(cb) - Calls back for each item in the project
  • forFilteredItems(filterFn, cb) - Calls back for each item for which the filterFn returned true
  • forSelections(cb) - Calls back with selections in this project
  • forCompositions(cb) - Calls back with compositions in this project
  • forCompositionsWithName(name, cb) - Calls back with compositions that match the given name
• CompItem.prototype.
  • forLayers(cb) - Calls back for each layer in the composition
  • forSelectedLayers(cb) - Calls back for each selected layer in the composition

Console

It adds console.log and console.error support to JSX, errors will show up in your Panel's window as well as the chrome remote debugger, ExtendScript Toolkit and a logfile.

Bridge

The bridge provides a simple way to send a message from JSX to JS.

API documentation and examples

Go to API.md