In the script UI object, there is no select box. I want to make a script that when run will present the operator with a choice of options (about 60 I think) - the script will then open a specific text file for information. I'd like to make it nice and simple without a file open dialogue, and if I we...

Let's imagine I have a composition, and as a layer of that I have another composition with a country map on it. In my map composition there are about 60 layers which I want to be able to enable or disable, and alter some effect settings. My script takes a template composition (that includes the map ...

I don't know about the scripting side of this... But I carry those sort of files (my Avid preferences) on a USB drive, it can fit on my keyring, or easily in a pocket, and seems to work on my computers I need to use (even most Macs). I also have a copy of Portable Thunderbird so I can easily check m...

Thanks for the feedback... I will be going ahead one way or another. It's a zero-budget effort (literally) so it's a matter of beg, borrow and steal. I have a few things I can draw on, maybe even and Inscriber (the PC I am typing this on now runs Inscriber for the linear suite I am in) - but the ver...

Thanks... I have a fair idea on the data reading. I currently have a script that will read colon-dilimited data from a txt file and create a bar graph with it. One challenge I am really not sure about is some map stuff I want to do. I have a map of the country broken down into it's electoral areas. ...

Hey... For a little project I am doing (no-budget live election coverage show on community TV) I find myself with no better option than to create graphics in almost-real-time with After Effects. My plan is to create a few scripts to read in data from text files and create graphics from that data. I ...