It looks like some people are still having licensing issues but main on 22.6 and the latest Beta. I'm working on a proper fix but will take me some time. Until then customers have been able to temporarily work around by one or more of these:
Clearing preferences through the ZXP installer and restarting AE.
Removing KBar from the startup workspace and opening it later.
Switching to an older version of AE
If you're on Mac with M1 run After Effects with rosetta stone.
When I got Kbar3, I uninstalled 2 and nothing works. not even available in extensions... ? This seems weird?
No, it should be uninstalled. Something else is wrong with your AE setup. Not sure what though.
I'm experiencing the same thing. And my AE setup was working just fine before the Kbar 3 update, now it isn't available in the list of extensions.
EDIT: I got it working. I had to uninstall Kbar 3 via the aescripts installer app, and then reinstall it after a system restart. seems to be working now.
I'll add a +1 to brandon's fix. kbar 3.0.3 was working as should in ae 22.6 (on windows 11) earlier today. went back in to the same project later in the day. kbar had disappeared. uninstalled in aescripts manager, restarted system and again installed kbar. then panic set in as ae started up, was afraid all my settings were wiped when kbar uninstalled. but all there, and now, back to work!
This is such good script helps to assemble multiple scripts and expression. I have few feature request which would make it even more practical
1. There is preset colors. I had changed the hex code in one. But it doesnt reflect in all of them. Color should be in settings, and if we change in one all should be changed.
2. If there would be option to do keyboard macros. It would be a big task but could take the kbar to next level.
3. Icons are practical. It should have most of the icon is after effects.
4. There should be website where Kbar has all the scripts/ link to the relevant site where we can find script/icons. This would help both the user and author, and better the community.
This is such good script helps to assemble multiple scripts and expression. I have few feature request which would make it even more practical
1. There is preset colors. I had changed the hex code in one. But it doesnt reflect in all of them. Color should be in settings, and if we change in one all should be changed.
2. If there would be option to do keyboard macros. It would be a big task but could take the kbar to next level.
3. Icons are practical. It should have most of the icon is after effects.
4. There should be website where Kbar has all the scripts/ link to the relevant site where we can find script/icons. This would help both the user and author, and better the community.
#1 -- Are you trying to force all the buttons to be the same color? Can you give me more detail on this feedback form.
#2 -- I don't know if this is possible and is probably a massive project.
#3 -- I'm sorry, I don't understand what this means. Please open a support ticket so I can understand better.
Hello. I'm a big fan of Kbar, been using it for awhile but now I'm having a problem. I would like to create some new buttons for Effects, but when I go to Add Button/Apply Effect/Effect List, I click on the triangle and it just says 'Loading." I've let this run for half an hour and it never gets past this. I am on MacOS12.6 (2017 iMac), AE 22.6.0, Kbar 3.0.3. I currently use one bar with 26 buttons.
Hello. I'm a big fan of Kbar, been using it for awhile but now I'm having a problem. I would like to create some new buttons for Effects, but when I go to Add Button/Apply Effect/Effect List, I click on the triangle and it just says 'Loading." I've let this run for half an hour and it never gets past this. I am on MacOS12.6 (2017 iMac), AE 22.6.0, Kbar 3.0.3. I currently use one bar with 26 buttons.
Hi there. I'm trying to upgrade from KBar2 to KBar3 but nothing shows up in aeScripts Manager or my Downloads & Licenses webpage. Only the "Info" button which just takes me to this page. Is there some step I'm missing?
Hi there. I'm trying to upgrade from KBar2 to KBar3 but nothing shows up in aeScripts Manager or my Downloads & Licenses webpage. Only the "Info" button which just takes me to this page. Is there some step I'm missing?
This just started happening, I have the text labels set to be off (to save space) but for some reason now they stay on. I have to manually turn them off every time I open AE or open a new project. How can I make sure they stay off?? Great tool by the way!
This just started happening, I have the text labels set to be off (to save space) but for some reason now they stay on. I have to manually turn them off every time I open AE or open a new project. How can I make sure they stay off?? Great tool by the way!
Thanks. Please open a support ticket with a screen recording so I can better understand this issue.
This seems like a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway: how do I import a plugin function into Kbar? For example, in the Kbar tutorial we can see that several KeyCloner functions are displayed as buttons. Is this something that's easy to do, or does it require custom scripts?
This seems like a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway: how do I import a plugin function into Kbar? For example, in the Kbar tutorial we can see that several KeyCloner functions are displayed as buttons. Is this something that's easy to do, or does it require custom scripts?
It varies from tool to tool but you have to ask the author what the supported functions are and what "argument" to pass in when creating a button. Often people will add a comment to the product page or contact them directly.
Being analytic here... Why can the Icons in the promo video look like the real Icons? Otherwise have the Icons look like the once from the promo video ; ]
Hey Rafi. This too seems like an obvious question but each time there is a major AE update, IE 22 - 23 I have to re-edit the path of each AE native script I have set to a button. There is no way around this right? Example: I have update legacy scripts set on a button. When i updated to '23 this broke because the source jsx is obviously still in the '22 folder that was uninstalled
Hello! Is there a way to add more than one effect to a single button? I need to add 4 effects applying to a layer pressing a button but when I try to make it I can only choose one effect from the drop list. What shall I do to make it?
I currently own Kbar 2, which is great... but there are some things it couldn't' do. For example, I was unable to make a button to activate Newton because of where it is located in the composition menu. Has this been fixed in Kbar 3?
You mention and show the share function, but do you have a list of any toolbars that other users have created and have shared? Would love to see how others are using KBar.
How can I call another toolbar up? I've set a button up to open, for example, the Kbar 2 extension and it shows up with the first toolbar I've configured, "KBar Primary".
I'd like the button to open up my second toolbar, "Timeline Helpers" instead.
How can I call another toolbar up? I've set a button up to open, for example, the Kbar 2 extension and it shows up with the first toolbar I've configured, "KBar Primary".
I'd like the button to open up my second toolbar, "Timeline Helpers" instead.
Please advise. Thank you!
For those that have a similar question, I've opened a ticket and received a reply:
Just right click on it and select the entry for your other toolbar
My response:
Thank you - that's helpful but not the behavior I'm looking for. I'm trying to set up buttons to switch between the toolbars. The idea is to be able to tap between them quickly, and though the right-click behavior is quicker than digging into the fly-out menu, it's not as quick as a tap to a specific toolbar with a button.
Is there no argument or other way to call a specific toolbar from a button?
How can I call another toolbar up? I've set a button up to open, for example, the Kbar 2 extension and it shows up with the first toolbar I've configured, "KBar Primary".
I'd like the button to open up my second toolbar, "Timeline Helpers" instead.
Please advise. Thank you!
For those that have a similar question, I've opened a ticket and received a reply:
Just right click on it and select the entry for your other toolbar
My response:
Thank you - that's helpful but not the behavior I'm looking for. I'm trying to set up buttons to switch between the toolbars. The idea is to be able to tap between them quickly, and though the right-click behavior is quicker than digging into the fly-out menu, it's not as quick as a tap to a specific toolbar with a button.
Is there no argument or other way to call a specific toolbar from a button?
The exact thing you're looking for isn't possible today. The closest thing is the "Show Label" feature in KBar 3.1
How can I call another toolbar up? I've set a button up to open, for example, the Kbar 2 extension and it shows up with the first toolbar I've configured, "KBar Primary".
I'd like the button to open up my second toolbar, "Timeline Helpers" instead.
Please advise. Thank you!
For those that have a similar question, I've opened a ticket and received a reply:
Just right click on it and select the entry for your other toolbar
My response:
Thank you - that's helpful but not the behavior I'm looking for. I'm trying to set up buttons to switch between the toolbars. The idea is to be able to tap between them quickly, and though the right-click behavior is quicker than digging into the fly-out menu, it's not as quick as a tap to a specific toolbar with a button.
Is there no argument or other way to call a specific toolbar from a button?
The exact thing you're looking for isn't possible today. The closest thing is the "Show Label" feature in KBar 3.1
Understood; thank you for the replies and recommendation. (I am currently using v3.1.2.)
Sometimes the answer you don't want is still helpful.
Bought it...was going to keep testing it through the weekend before pulling the trigger, but the support has been super responsive and I've already saved time on some projects. Thanks for a great product.
Bought it...was going to keep testing it through the weekend before pulling the trigger, but the support has been super responsive and I've already saved time on some projects. Thanks for a great product.
Very disappointed with the After Effects Shortcut Icons.. the biggest issue is they have you use "Restore" to install their KBars and that overwrites and wipes out anything already installed. So if you haven't backed up your own customizations or imports of other KBars, BOOM your work is gone. There are some GREAT and useful icons in the set, but I only ended up using about 12 of the 560. And they are PNG files, so a lot harder to customize or change than SVG files would have been.
Hi, great to see a new version! But just wondering if you plan on adding the following features, as the new version doesn't seem to have many additional features compared to Kbar2:
- Sub Menus: A button type that opens a dropdown/pop out menu item which reveals the contents of another toolbar. An alternative to keyboard modifiers (modifier options are quite limited). For example, like how MoBar uses dropdown/pop out menus: MoBar - aescripts + aeplugins - aescripts.com
- Add the ability to add line spacing in tool-tips.
+1 to this... There's only so much real estate in AE and the ability to combine similar items as a dropdown (for us old folks who don't use keyboard modifiers much).
So, I tried the "trial" version before buying KBar3 and when I had questions and issues I was asked to create a trouble ticket. The author was VERY QUICK to answer my queries and address my issues. So much so that I bought KBar3. Lesson learned... If you bought it here, use a trouble ticket to get help.
Hello, is it possible to add .aex plugins/scripts? I was trying to add "Set Path Keyframe" and "Find my AEP" by Mograph Mindset but I have not found where I can add it.
Hello, is it possible to add .aex plugins/scripts? I was trying to add "Set Path Keyframe" and "Find my AEP" by Mograph Mindset but I have not found where I can add it.
Adobe released the 2023 version of After Effect, however the KBar3 plug-in disappeared and I can't install it even through the aescripts+aeplugins App.
Adobe released the 2023 version of After Effect, however the KBar3 plug-in disappeared and I can't install it even through the aescripts+aeplugins App.
Upgrade details here: https://aescripts.com/kbar/#upgrade-notice
yes it works on Apple Silicon M1. If you're having trouble installing we recommend that you use our manager app to install: https://aescripts.com/learn/aescripts-aeplugins-manager-app/
if you need further assistance please open a support ticket: https://aescripts.com/learn/aescripts-aeplugins-manager-app/
upgrade instructions are here: https://aescripts.com/kbar/#upgrade-notice
if you need further assistance, please open a Support ticket https://aescripts.com/contact/?direct=1
I have to re-edit the path of each AE native script I have set to a button. There is no way around this right?
Example: I have update legacy scripts set on a button. When i updated to '23 this broke because the source jsx is obviously still in the '22 folder that was uninstalled
My response:
Is there no argument or other way to call a specific toolbar from a button?
Sometimes the answer you don't want is still helpful.
Please consider it a feature request!
Best,
-Chris
If you have a technical or customer support issue, please open a support ticket: https://aescripts.com/contact/?product_id=1967&direct=1
is it possible to add .aex plugins/scripts? I was trying to add "Set Path Keyframe" and "Find my AEP" by Mograph Mindset but I have not found where I can add it.
Please see this faq: https://aescripts.com/knowledgebase/index/view/faq/aescripts-aeplugins-manager-app-faq/#install-latest