5 Replies Latest reply: Aug 22, 2012 3:32 PM by Zac Lam RSS

    Run a script from Make, headless.

    david van brink Community Member
      This has come up for me a few times, and each time I found some other way around it. But I'm sure it's possible, I just havent found the incantation.

      I want to run an AE script totally headless (no UI, no interaction).

      The script might be something like, pseudo-code:

      > open("my_project.aep");
      > var data = readDataFile("./datafile.txt");
      > setTextAndKeyFrames("comp1",data);
      > renderMyMovie("comp1","./todaysHeadlines.mov");
      > app.quit();

      And I want to run it something like:

      > afterEffects --script="./myScript.jsx"

      I must be thick. But. What is the incantation for this?