Welcome to the After Effects Scripting Guide!

Introduction

• Overview
• Changelog
• Elements of basic JavaScript relevant to After Effects scripting
• The After Effects Object Model
• After Effects Class Hierarchy

General

• Global functions
• Application object
• Project object
• System object

Items

• Item object
• ItemCollection object
• AVItem object
• CompItem object
• FolderItem object
• FootageItem object

Layers

• Layer object
• LayerCollection object
• AVLayer object
• CameraLayer object
• LightLayer object
• ShapeLayer object
• TextLayer object

Properties

• PropertyBase object
• Property object
• PropertyGroup object
• MaskPropertyGroup object

Render Queue

• RenderQueue object
• RQItemCollection object
• RenderQueueItem object
• OMCollection object
• OutputModule object

Sources

• FileSource object
• FootageSource object
• PlaceholderSource object
• SolidSource object

Other

• CharacterRange object
• Collection object
• ImportOptions object
• Font object
• Fonts object
• KeyframeEase object
• MarkerValue object
• Settings object
• ParagraphRange object
• Preferences object
• Shape object
• TextDocument object
• Viewer object

Match Names

• AVLayer Match Names
• 3d Layer Match Names
• Camera Layer Match Names
• Light Layer Match Names
• Text Layer Match Names
• Shape Layer Match Names
• Layer Styles Match Names
• First-Party Effect Match Names