aescripts + aeplugins

Lloyd Alvarez · September 2022

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Miguel Domingo-Redondo · October 2022

Hi,

how can I link an external folder with my scripts?

does it recursively search through folders?

it looks interesting but the trial is so capped that the script becomes a gimmick and is hard to figure out its functionality.

thanks,

Miguel

PENCIL Park · October 2022

Hi Miguel, Thanks for your questions. The Trial will be more permissive on the features, the search engine would be fully accessible otherwise. This All in One “catches” everything which is available in AE setup. The customized paths will be added with the script editor in a future update. Open a ticket so I can send you a version more “opened”. Cheers.

Proinsias Mmm · October 2022

This may sound like a stupid question but is this a plugin or a script? My work PC is controlled by IT and I can only install scripts myself.

PENCIL Park · October 2022

Hi Proinsias Mmm, Reach is a script, so you can open and share files with your colleagues:), they don’t need to have Reach installed. Cheers.

Matthew Giacalone · October 2022

Is there a pdf manual for this?

PENCIL Park · October 2022

Matthew Giacalone said:
Is there a pdf manual for this?

Hi!

I will provide a pdf to explain how it works and give some tips.
Great idea.
Thanks

Manuel Martins · October 2022

Hello! A question, can you save different curve to apply fast the ease in the keyframes? Or it just lets you modify manually the curve? Thank you!!

PENCIL Park · October 2022

Manuel Martins said:
Hello! A question, can you save different curve to apply fast the ease in the keyframes? Or it just lets you modify manually the curve? Thank you!!

At the moment you modify the speed and influence without opening or while opening the graph editor. The main goal is to provide the possibility to store these as presets. It’s on the to do list. Just next to the scripting editor (the expressions editor is embedded already). Thanks for your feedback!

Manuel Martins · October 2022

Hello! The new influence presets are great! Mabye there should be a 50 - 50 preset which a think is also very common to use! But the rest are great!

Mark Horton · November 2022

Keep up the good work. It's nice to see that you are continuously updating and adding new features. It has already saved me a lot of editing time!

PENCIL Park · November 2022

Mark Horton said:

Keep up the good work. It's nice to see that you are continuously updating and adding new features. It has already saved me a lot of editing time!

Hi Mark, and thanks for your kind words and your support.
he tool evolves based on users' feedback and our daily usage. The sky is almost the limit; that's why we called it Reach

Cheers.

Seyfi Cem Baskin · November 2022

Just wanted to chime in and say Reach has a permanent place in my UI. Thanks for speedy updates.

PENCIL Park · November 2022

Seyfi Cem Baskin said:

Just wanted to chime in and say Reach has a permanent place in my UI. Thanks for speedy updates.

Thank you so much Seyfi Cem Baskin. It's so refreshing to get your feedback!
We will continue to push for updates that we think are creative and - we hope - useful for you. Thank you again!

Cheers.

Sean Jenkinson · December 2022

Is it possible to organise book-marked items into categories or category folders... eg 'Rigging Tools', 'Keyframe Tools' etc?

PENCIL Park · December 2022

Sean Jenkinson said:

Is it possible to organise book-marked items into categories or category folders... eg 'Rigging Tools', 'Keyframe Tools' etc?

Hi Sean, and thank you for your feedback.

We are considering having a custom drop-down list above the categories to display bookmarks by type. It will be optional in your settings as all other features.

Rocket Motion · December 2022

Hello

- Is it possible to add right click function for use tools more useful.

For example anchor point tool changing selected layer's anchor point, with right click adjust position relative to the composition.

- Align tool works one layer perfectly but with multiple layer not align to comp, with right click can be align composition with multiple layers.

- If we can choose which small tools will show in UI can more useful.

- If we open and not saved a project, snap shot is not working. Also, if active composition is half or quarter exported image is too small. Can be assign Ctrl, Alt, Shift buttons for select folder, resolution and other functions.

Thank you and keep great this awesome tool

PENCIL Park · December 2022

Rocket Motion said:

Hello

- Is it possible to add right click function for use tools more useful.
For example anchor point tool changing selected layer's anchor point, with right click adjust position relative to the composition.

- Align tool works one layer perfectly but with multiple layer not align to comp, with right click can be align composition with multiple layers.

- If we can choose which small tools will show in UI can more useful.

- If we open and not saved a project, snap shot is not working. Also, if active composition is half or quarter exported image is too small. Can be assign Ctrl, Alt, Shift buttons for select folder, resolution and other functions.

Thank you and keep great this awesome tool

Hi, and thank you for your kind words.

The snap tool will be improved using the shift Key to select your desired folder. actually, the best practice is to save your project file, though

The align tools are based on the first selected layer when you want to align other items referencing this layer. We added the possibility to align a layer to the comp by default, but it is not the primary goal.

Concerning your other requests, we are planning to allow more flexibility in selecting your go-to, and I thank you again for your feedback. We will fine-tune everything and offer the possibility to have more and more control using shift, alt, and ctrl/cmd

Cheers,

Fred.

Rocket Motion · December 2022

PENCIL Park said:

Rocket Motion said:

Hello

- Is it possible to add right click function for use tools more useful.
For example anchor point tool changing selected layer's anchor point, with right click adjust position relative to the composition.

- Align tool works one layer perfectly but with multiple layer not align to comp, with right click can be align composition with multiple layers.

- If we can choose which small tools will show in UI can more useful.

- If we open and not saved a project, snap shot is not working. Also, if active composition is half or quarter exported image is too small. Can be assign Ctrl, Alt, Shift buttons for select folder, resolution and other functions.

Thank you and keep great this awesome tool

Hi, and thank you for your kind words.
The snap tool will be improved using the shift Key to select your desired folder. actually, the best practice is to save your project file, though

The align tools are based on the first selected layer when you want to align other items referencing this layer. We added the possibility to align a layer to the comp by default, but it is not the primary goal.

Concerning your other requests, we are planning to allow more flexibility in selecting your go-to, and I thank you again for your feedback. We will fine-tune everything and offer the possibility to have more and more control using shift, alt, and ctrl/cmd

Cheers,
Fred.

Thank you Fred, I'll wait your updates. Happy new year.

Cheers

Asadrun Media · January 2023

I can't imagine working without REACH anymore after my purchase. Thank you for that!!

Will it be possible to add and implement the "Fit up to 100%" option somehow?

Kind regards and happy new year!

Asadrun

PENCIL Park · January 2023

Asadrun Media said:

I can't imagine working without REACH anymore after my purchase. Thank you for that!!

Will it be possible to add and implement the "Fit up to 100%" option somehow?

Kind regards and happy new year!

Asadrun

Hi Asadrun,

Thank you so much for your kind words.

The "fit to 100%" option is already included with the options using Shit and Alt for : to Best fit / or to Width / or to Height.
On the capture below, it is the third button from left on the last toolset at the bottom.
You can activate/deactivate a toolset using your settings.

Happy New Year!

Asadrun Media · January 2023

PENCIL Park said:

Asadrun Media said:

I can't imagine working without REACH anymore after my purchase. Thank you for that!!

Will it be possible to add and implement the "Fit up to 100%" option somehow?

Kind regards and happy new year!

Asadrun

Hi Asadrun,

Thank you so much for your kind words.

The "fit to 100%" option is already included with the options using Shit and Alt for : to Best fit / or to Width / or to Height.
On the capture below, it is the third button from left on the last toolset at the bottom.
You can activate/deactivate a toolset using your settings.

Happy New Year!

I see. Maybe I was not clear.. I meant the " Fit up to 100%" from the view layout dropdown option.

Kind Regards,

Asadrun

PENCIL Park · January 2023

I see. Maybe I was not clear.. I meant the " Fit up to 100%" from the view layout dropdown option.

Kind Regards,

Asadrun

Hi,

Yes, this is totally possible and a great idea. Close to the zoom slider, I guess it could be useful for many users.
Thank you for your suggestion.

Best,

F.

PENCIL Park · January 2023

Asadrun Media said:

I see. Maybe I was not clear.. I meant the " Fit up to 100%" from the view layout dropdown option.

Well, it's done. Update your tool

Cheers

Asadrun Media · January 2023

PENCIL Park said:

Asadrun Media said:

I see. Maybe I was not clear.. I meant the " Fit up to 100%" from the view layout dropdown option.
Well, it's done. Update your tool
Cheers

Astronomical thanks, m8! Really appreciated!

tommy mo · January 2023

Can I specify a script folder?

PENCIL Park · January 2023

Can I specify a script folder?

That one of the next features

steve schmitt · January 2023

Just purchased, but I can’t seem to get the align tools to work,

or the move anchor point function, am I missing something?

PENCIL Park · January 2023

steve schmitt said:

Just purchased, but I can’t seem to get the align tools to work,
or the move anchor point function, am I missing something?

The tool work is what is missing in AE: to use it, select a layer first, then other layers will be algned to it. By default the behavior is not to align to the composition. The Anchor Point issue is now fixed, thanks for your feedback.

Patrick Biegaj · February 2023

Just purchased and it's really handy.

But: Grid - Distribute always produces error message: "Undo group mismatch, will attempt to fix".

After that, project status jumps back in undo history before applying script, no chance to rescue latest status.

PENCIL Park · February 2023

Patrick Biegaj said:

Just purchased and it's really handy.
But: Grid - Distribute always produces error message: "Undo group mismatch, will attempt to fix".
After that, project status jumps back in undo history before applying script, no chance to rescue latest status.

Hi Patrick and thank you for your feedback.
The fresh new version fixed this and:

Null icon rebuilt: Use +Shift to have a center Null for all selected layers
New Build for 'Grid: Distribute'
Blueish tone for align tools to 1st layer, to avoid confusion with AE align tools(still white in Legacy)
Minor improvements

Cheers

piers helm · March 2023

I bought this to arrange 15 rectangular layers in a grid but needed the ability to change the horizontal spacing differently from the vertical spacing. Ive ended up having to do this manually.

PENCIL Park · March 2023

piers helm said:

I bought this to arrange 15 rectangular layers in a grid but needed the ability to change the horizontal spacing differently from the vertical spacing. Ive ended up having to do this manually.

Hi Piers,

Thank you for your feedback,

Effectively, the Distribute feature ask you to define an horizontal spacing and a number of rows.

Reach is an evolving tool, be sure that we will add a column and vertical spaces in a future update

Cheers

Manuel Martins · March 2023

Hello! The script is awesome and the updates have been great! I have two observations. The new Parent tool doesn't work really well if a layer has already a parent because it changes all the layers to the new parent and also the script says that you have to select first the child and then the parent but the tools does the opposite, when it makes the parent of the first layer you chose.
And the other hand, is there a way that in the future you could make a speed curve of 50-50? Its a value i have seen in other scripts.

PENCIL Park · March 2023

Manuel Martins said:
Hello! The script is awesome and the updates have been great! I have two observations. The new Parent tool doesn't work really well if a layer has already a parent because it changes all the layers to the new parent and also the script says that you have to select first the child and then the parent but the tools does the opposite, when it makes the parent of the first layer you chose.
And the other hand, is there a way that in the future you could make a speed curve of 50-50? Its a value i have seen in other scripts.

Hi Manuel,
Thanks for your feedback, I will update the helptip for sure because it’s confusing haha.
I will also add the preset 50-50 it’s a great idea!
Cheers

Josh Mitchell · January 18

Hello,

I purchased your product and am excited to use it. However, after I installed it and try to open it in AE I get the error “Unable to execute script at line 8503. Undefined is not an object”.

I tried uninstalling and re-installing but am still getting this error and the Reach pop out window is blank.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

PENCIL Park · January 18

Josh Mitchell said:

Hello,

I purchased your product and am excited to use it. However, after I installed it and try to open it in AE I get the error “Unable to execute script at line 8503. Undefined is not an object”.
I tried uninstalling and re-installing but am still getting this error and the Reach pop out window is blank.

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

Hi, I cannot reproduce this error.
Could you please open a ticket?
I could go further with you with this error.

Many Thanks!

Eric McGilloway · June 13

this is great! What would be helpful (unless I missed it somehow) would be a cursor roll-over for info call-outs. For example when you move your cursor over an icon it will tell you what it is. Otherwise, I have to go to this page and watch the tuts...lol

Thanks,

E

PENCIL Park · June 15

Eric McGilloway said:
this is great! What would be helpful (unless I missed it somehow) would be a cursor roll-over for info call-outs. For example when you move your cursor over an icon it will tell you what it is. Otherwise, I have to go to this page and watch the tuts...lol

Thanks,
E

Tooltips are present when you hover the features.
Otherwise: Great Idea. I will prepare a doc within the tool, because it’s a large kit with many hidden features

Eric McGilloway · June 18

Hmm, when I hover over a feature Tooltip doesn't pop up...I have the latest version.

MAC 14.3 Sonoma, AE 24.4.1

Craig Kuehne · September 24

Hi!

Every update I've installed from version 2.0.1, I get an error message when I launch the plugin saying I'm using version 2.0.1 and need to upgrade. According to the AE scripts manager, I'm using the latest version, each time. The latest error message says this:

"A newer version of REACH AEssential Kit is available: 2.0.7

Your installed version is: 2.0.1"

Installing the most recent version manually doesn't fix that, either.

Thank you!

PENCIL Park · September 24

Craig Kuehne said:

Hi!

Every update I've installed from version 2.0.1, I get an error message when I launch the plugin saying I'm using version 2.0.1 and need to upgrade. According to the AE scripts manager, I'm using the latest version, each time. The latest error message says this:

"A newer version of REACH AEssential Kit is available: 2.0.7

Your installed version is: 2.0.1"

Installing the most recent version manually doesn't fix that, either.

Thank you!

Many thanks for your message!

This is a typo in the UI, we will fix it

Cheers!

Craig Kuehne · September 24

PENCIL Park said:

Craig Kuehne said:

Hi!

Every update I've installed from version 2.0.1, I get an error message when I launch the plugin saying I'm using version 2.0.1 and need to upgrade. According to the AE scripts manager, I'm using the latest version, each time. The latest error message says this:

"A newer version of REACH AEssential Kit is available: 2.0.7

Your installed version is: 2.0.1"

Installing the most recent version manually doesn't fix that, either.

Thank you!

Many thanks for your message!
This is a typo in the UI, we will fix it

Cheers!

Glad to hear it! Thank you!

Paolo Garcia · October 8

Is there a function to separate masks into individual layers. Similar to explode shape layers.

PENCIL Park · October 8

Paolo Garcia said:

Is there a function to separate masks into individual layers. Similar to explode shape layers.

Not yet. Great suggestion: let’s add it!

PENCIL Park · October 11

Paolo Garcia said: Is there a function to separate masks into individual layers. Similar to explode shape layers. Here you go: Reach 2.0.9 now includes "Ungroup Masks from layer"

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