/ae-resource

Convert json to After Effects resource specification

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Resource

Convert json to After Effects resource. With this module json could be used insteed of string of resource data.

Dependencies

After Effects CC 2014 do not support JSON. Polyfill can be found in JSON repository.

How come?

After Effects use not very user friendly interface for creating dialogs, this is how it looks:

var res = "dialog { \
    info: Panel { orientation: ’column’, \
        text: ’Personal Info’, \
        name: Group { orientation: ’row’, \
            s: StaticText { text:’Name:’ }, \
            e: EditText { characters: 30 } \
        }, \
        addr: Group { orientation: ’row’, \
            s: StaticText { text:’Street / City:’ }, \
            e: EditText { characters: 30 } \
        } \
    }, \
    buttons: Group { orientation: ’row’, \
        okBtn: Button { text:’OK’, properties:{name:’ok’} }, \
        cancelBtn: Button { text:’Cancel’, properties:{name:’cancel’} } \
    } \
}";
win = new Window (res);
win.center();
win.show();

To simplify work with resources module was created.

How to use?

#include json.js
#include lib/resource.js

var res = resource('dialog', {
    'info~Panel>': {
        orientation: 'column',
        text: 'Personal Info',
        'name~Group>': {
            orientation: 'row',
            's~StaticText>': { text:'Name:' },
            'e~EditText>' : { characters: 30 },
        },
        'addr~Group>': {
            orientation: 'row',
            's~StaticText>': { text:'Street / City:' },
            'e~EditText>': { characters: 30 }
        },
        'buttons~Group>' : {
            orientation: 'row',
            'okBtn~Button>':{ text:'OK', properties:{name:'ok'}},
            'cancelBtn~Button>':{ text:'Cancel', properties:{name:'cancel'}}
        }
    }
});

win = new Window (res);
win.center();
win.show();

License

MIT