aescripts + aeplugins

Timur Ramazanov

Hello, Matthias!
Tryed to use it in CC 12.2.1.5 - got debug window and nothing happen after that.
I tryed deinstall and install again; select composition in project dock - still nothing

Matthias Guntrum

Hi Tt Rr,

I think your error is based on the fact that the max. size of a composition is 30000px in width and 30000px in height. My script tried to create a composition with a width of 35640px which exceeds the max range.

The reason for this might be that you are exporting to many frames or that your sprite composition is to large.

Example:

If you have a composition with a size of 2000px x 2000px and you would try to export, say 280 frames (or ca. 12 seconds @24fps) the composition created by the script to render the spritesheet would be larger than 30000px x 30000px. 

Long story short you may want to check the dimensions and length of your sprite composition. Also keep in mind that sheetah renders the entire comp not only the working area.

To further investigate you open a support ticket and send me your project files

In an upcoming update of the script i will also notify the user if comp dimensions are exceeded.

Cheers,

Matthias

Gunduzhan Gunduz

Hi Matthias,

Was tried and successfuly exporting sprite sheets.
I have a major problem, how can I export sprite with motion blur support?

Thanks!

Matthias Guntrum

Hey,

to my knowledge After Effects has no option to preserve Motion Blur across compositions. So it is currently unsupported in Sheetah and it won't be a feature for the near future. However, you have the option to use the CC Force Motion Blur effect and manually animate the motion blur. This should translate into the Spritesheet generated by Sheetah.

Cheers,

Matthias

Lolo Bouille

Hi Matthias, 

When I try to execute Sheetah I've this error message :  "Unable to execute script at line 25. Uncaught JavaScript exeption : JSON.parse"

I'm trying to launch your script on AE CS6 Version 11.0.0.378

Do you have any idea ? 

Thanks!

Lloyd Alvarez

When I try to execute Sheetah I've this error message :  "Unable to execute script at line 25. Uncaught JavaScript exeption : JSON.parse"

I'm trying to launch your script on AE CS6 Version 11.0.0.378

Do you have any idea ? 

This is a known issue when an internet connection is not available. We are working on a fix to be posted soon. In the meantime you should be able to fix it by enabling an internet connection.

Matthias Guntrum

When I try to execute Sheetah I've this error message :  "Unable to execute script at line 25. Uncaught JavaScript exeption : JSON.parse"

I'm trying to launch your script on AE CS6 Version 11.0.0.378

this was most likely due to a bug that required a internet connection at the start. Try downloading version 2.2. This should fix the issue. Please refer to this FAQ on how to upgrade:  How to upgrade "Name Your Own Price" products

Nebojsa Visnjic

Hi, when I run the script in the AE CC right underneath the sheetah logo I have:

v2.2, no connection !

Could you please let me know what is going on. I have internet connection all the time.

Matthias Guntrum

Hi, when I run the script in the AE CC right underneath the sheetah logo I have:

v2.2, no connection !

Could you please let me know what is going on. I have internet connection all the time.

Dear Nebojsa,

Maybe your network access is restricted somehow. Under Edit>Preferences>General, make sure you have "Allow scripts to write Files and access Network" checked. You shouldn't need to care too much about it, since the internet connection is only used to notify you if a new version is available. With 2.2 you have the latest version installed.

Warren Mackenzie

i got it installed... where does it place the files it generates?

Matthias Guntrum

i got it installed... where does it place the files it generates?

Dear Warren Mackenzie,

After clicking on Save Spritesheet, you are asked to specify a location and a file name. The spritesheet will be placed at this location. Under Edit>Preferences>General, make sure you have "Allow scripts to write Files and access Network" checked.

Cheers,

Matthias

Derek Hardin

I am having trouble. I dont have a "After Effects/ Script UIs" folder in the zip. Just have the Sheetah.jsx, Photoshop, and Sheetah Resources. When I drop the .jsx in the script ui folder it says it is unable to execute at line 620; folder not found. Any help? 

Matthias Guntrum

Just take Sheetah.jsx and the Sheetah Resources folder and put them in your After Effects/Scripts/Script UI Panels folder. Let me know if you still have a Problem.

german molto

Hi, Sheetah is awesome but I'm having trouble when I use it with the Duik plugin. It says something about "time remaping" and it keeps poping up so I have to kill the process using the task manager. Does nybody else have this problem?

Matthias Guntrum

Hi, Sheetah is awesome but I'm having trouble when I use it with the Duik plugin. It says something about "time remaping" and it keeps poping up so I have to kill the process using the task manager. Does nybody else have this problem?

Dear german molto,

I never used Duik before but after a quick test with the autorig feature, Sheetah exports the spritesheet without errors.

The only cause of error where "time remapping" is involved is when you want to make custom animation sequences with Sheetah. If you use this feature (initialized with the "Setup Animation" button), please make sure to Pre-Compose your composition.

For more info about custom animation sequences watch the tutorial video at 1:50:

http://youtu.be/hK7S_bq5TL8?t=1m50s

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Matthias

MUHAMMAD SYAKIR AMININ BIN MISRIN

Thanks Matthias Guntrum. Sheetah is awesome plugin for me to make game.

Darren Thacker

Simon Dalzell

Thank you so much! I spent far too long looking for something like this, and this fits the bill perfectly. You've helped me tremendously. Thanks!

Drew ANDERSEN

I just got Sheetah, but when drop the file in After Effects CC 2015 > Presets > Scripts, it doesn't show up in the 'Window' panel as an option in AE. I double-clicked the .jsx file to see if it would install it that way and just got an error saying, 'After Effects error: Can’t import file “Sheetah.jsx”: unsupported filetype or extension. ( 0 :: 1 )'

tkm9 Group

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 486, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" with After Effects CC2015 (v13.5.1.48) on Windows.

We are using Sheetah v2.4

I have "allow scripts to write to network" checked.

Please help!

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 24, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" In AE CC2014 v13.2.0.49

david archbold

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 486, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" with After Effects CC2015 (v13.5.1.48) on Windows.

We are using Sheetah v2.4

I have "allow scripts to write to network" checked.

Please help!

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 24, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" In AE CC2014 v13.2.0.49

same problem here! quick fix is to disable internet and then open ae then reactivate internet. 

tkm9 Group

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 486, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" with After Effects CC2015 (v13.5.1.48) on Windows.

We are using Sheetah v2.4

I have "allow scripts to write to network" checked.

Please help!

Getting error "Unable to execute script at line 24, uncaught JavaScript exceptions: JSON.parse" In AE CC2014 v13.2.0.49

same problem here! quick fix is to disable internet and then open ae then reactivate internet. 

Thanks for sharing David

Stuart Lawrence

When I try to execute Sheetah I've this error message :  "Unable to execute script at line 25. Uncaught JavaScript exeption : JSON.parse"

I'm trying to launch your script on AE CS6 Version 11.0.0.378

this was most likely due to a bug that required a internet connection at the start. Try downloading version 2.2. This should fix the issue. Please refer to this FAQ on how to upgrade:  How to upgrade "Name Your Own Price" products

I am getting this issue with v 2.4.1

Matthias Guntrum

Hey Guys,

your issue has been fixed in Sheetah 2.4.2 so there is no need for the workaround anymore.

Cheers,

Matthias

Michael Beynart

Hi is there a way to adjust the count of ROWS and COLUMNS in the script?

Javed Jasani

Hi is there a way to adjust the count of ROWS and COLUMNS in the script?

Click the "distrib" check box at the bottom. You can now edit the number of rows or columns

--  J

Ivo Marinovic

Hello Matias. Is there any way to export multiple layers at once. E.g. I have to export 50 animations. So I have to wait for current one to render (takes time), then add next one etc. Can I add multiple layers into composition then export them at once, or add them to render queue without auto start and at least render them at once?
This script is really nice but for me it makes no use, I can export images and later merge them into sprites using Gluesprites and it's a lot faster than export one after another? I do this all the time, and soon as I discovered this script, I bought it. But really disappointed.

Zach Prichard

I'm noticing that checking the .json option doesn't actually export a .json file. Am I missing something?

Matthias Guntrum

Zach Prichard said:

I'm noticing that checking the .json option doesn't actually export a .json file. Am I missing something?

Hey Zach,

so the .json export option is meant for using custom animation sequences based on your exported spritesheet as described in the youtube video for Sheetah ("youtu.be/hK7S_bq5TL8?t=1m49s"). The idea is to reuse the exported frames to create more complex animations. In the video the export of such a sequence was simply a text that contained the frame sequence (e.g.: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0). If you hit the .json option and click "Export Animations" all of your custom sequences will be exported in a .json file. The idea is to use this in conjunction with your pipeline tools to make spritesheet animations more unique.

Cheers,
Matthias

Brian Samms

Its a shame that the user can not dictate the overall sprite sheet dimensions.  If the software I'm using only uses sheets that have 5 columns, Sheetah does me no good as it is exporting sheets with 6 columns.  I may as well export each frame, as the work remains the same to get the actual sheet put together.

ran peer

Hi,

The script installs fine but when i press on "save spritesheet" it just adds a comp called png_export to the render queue, if i go ahead and render it the output is a tiny png file with no info on it. The photoshop script seems to work fine. 

ran peer

Hi,

The script installs fine but when i press on "save spritesheet" it just adds a comp called png_export to the render queue, if i go ahead and render it the output is a tiny png file with no info on it. The photoshop script seems to work fine. 

Matthias Guntrum

Brian Samms said:

Its a shame that the user can not dictate the overall sprite sheet dimensions.  If the software I'm using only uses sheets that have 5 columns, Sheetah does me no good as it is exporting sheets with 6 columns.  I may as well export each frame, as the work remains the same to get the actual sheet put together.

You can define the layout by using the distrib checkbox. You'll be able to type the amount of rows and columms. Hope this helps.

Qais Sami

Hello Matthias,

Does your script support AE CC 2017?

Gerard Mallandrich

Matthias Guntrum said:

Its a shame that the user can not dictate the overall sprite sheet dimensions.  If the software I'm using only uses sheets that have 5 columns, Sheetah does me no good as it is exporting sheets with 6 columns.  I may as well export each frame, as the work remains the same to get the actual sheet put together.

You can define the layout by using the distrib checkbox. You'll be able to type the amount of rows and columms. Hope this helps.

Hi Matthias, when i'm usign the distrib checkbox i'm not able to customize the number of rows and colums because when I put a number on columns and then i put the number on the rows instantly the columns set to auto and viceversa.

Gerard Mallandrich

Gerard Mallandrich said:

Matthias Guntrum said:

Its a shame that the user can not dictate the overall sprite sheet dimensions.  If the software I'm using only uses sheets that have 5 columns, Sheetah does me no good as it is exporting sheets with 6 columns.  I may as well export each frame, as the work remains the same to get the actual sheet put together.

You can define the layout by using the distrib checkbox. You'll be able to type the amount of rows and columms. Hope this helps.

Hi Matthias, when i'm usign the distrib checkbox i'm not able to customize the number of rows and colums because when I put a number on columns and then i put the number on the rows instantly the columns set to auto and viceversa.

I'm only able to customize 1 parameter the other one it's set to auto automatically

Joel Hannon

I've been getting an expression error when I try using this with a project with the rubber hose plugin, and rubber hose no longer works. Any fixes for this?

cagatay metin

Hi Matthias,
First of all it's a great plugin, thanks. I couldn't find a way to define the work area while exporting. It creates a sprite sheet of entire timeline. 
I personally use one composition as sections following Reveal + Loop + Transition + etc. Sequences. And it would be really nice to  define the Work Area Region and export only the defined area when creating the sprite sheet. 
Have a nice day ^^

Craig Wall

Any plans to update this for newer versions of AE?

Michael Christiansen

Does Sheetah compress the images? I observed a flickering of color intensity from frame to frame which is not generated by other sheet tools. 

eugene flormata

has this ever been tested on creative cloud after effect versions?

KiTae Ko

This is my best plug-in.

Can you make an option to remove the resolution suffix?

Thanks!

James Coddington

I love this!  I cannot seem to get the colums and rows to be the same number.  Why cant it do this?

Thanks!

j

Matthias Guntrum

Craig Wall said:

Any plans to update this for newer versions of AE?

eugene flormata said:

has this ever been tested on creative cloud after effect versions?

Qais Sami said:

Hello Matthias,

Does your script support AE CC 2017?

Hey Guys, just to confirm. The script works fine even with the newest AE version. A lot of issues with installing and getting it up & running is linked to actually putting the plugin AND the resources folder in the correct directory. I updated the installation guide and highlighted it in red.

Rostyslav Radchenko

My Sprites made in the other direction. Top-Bottom/Left-Right. But your Script makes only Left-Right/Top-Bottom. And there is no option to change the order of dirrection.