After Effects save location and ExtendScript

I'm fairly new After Effects script and I'm quite new in the world of programming (1 + years of experience).

My question has several possible answers, I guess, I'm looking for a way to have the After Effects to save its file .aep in a very specific predetermined location.  I need this is because I'm currently writing scripts and tools to integrate After Effects and the rest of Adobe products in our pipeline, so here's the general idea below:

Sets up a project supervisor / sequence / start using the built-in tools in the pipeline folder structure

The supervisor of the brand of precise shots that will be made in After Effects (or maybe an entire sequence or project)

Artist is now working on their shot, they put their environment in the pipeline and the pipeline launch After Effects

The pipeline:

  • Creates the AE file with a specific name and save location (maybe create and automatically saves the file in the save location for the first time? Or maybe it just opens a new file and tells AE where to put)
  • Creates compositions in the file of EI that correspond directly to the current shots of development
  • Import of images and sequences (etc...), that the artist subscribes to the
  • Built in the queue of rendering with the compositions that he created
  • Defines the locations of rendering for all the compositions

The artist is now beginning to work to do their magic

The artist hits save (cmd + s, ctrl + s, etc...), After Effects saves the project file in the predetermined as the predetermined location.

The above won't happen on the first time, the artist goes to work on the spot.

Now, in this configuration, I'll either need to scripts to tell After Effects, the name of the new file is going to be and where to save it, or maybe I need to have the script generates a new AE file and place it to the right place.  The other idea I had was to simply create a file empty After effects and have scripts to copy this file to the location it should go and rename (this option is an avoid at all costs).

So my question is: is it possible?  Is it possible to have Extendscript directly create a file empty of AE and save it in a specific location without user interaction?  Or maybe just say AE where he's going to save the currently open file and the name of the file is going to be?  The idea is more or less that the artist should not worry about the file structure or where things will go, the pipeline will handle it all.

Ideally I need to work on After Effects CS5 and a larger, but CS6 and superior is too thin, we're pretty well switch to CS6 anyway.  In addition, currently it should work on Mac computers, we have OS x 10.6.8 on most of the machines but we will spend 10.8 any day now, so preferably there backwards compatibility with 10.6.8 but non-essential.

especially the option "ignore existing frameworks.

Don't think it's accessible through ExtendScript.

you have a list somewhere of the names of models that can be transferred to the parser?  Output for example modules so that I can choose between them depending on how I need to make the sequences?

Attribute OutputModule templates p. 112 After the Effects CS6 Scripting Guide PDF indicates the property of models.

Attribute:

app.project.renderQueue.item (index) .outputModule (index) .templates

Description:

The names of all the output module available in the local installation of After Effects.

Still did not get anything with regard to the opening and then saving a new empty file with scripting,

P. 121 explains registration method. You just give him a file object.

var myNewFile = new File("~/Desktop/myNewFile.aep");

App.Project.Save (myNewFile);

I came to the conclusion that I'm missing something, or more Adobe is not adapted to large VFX houses, because the API is so terrible and does not allow developers access to automate tasks and processes.

Yes ExtendScript leaves much to be desired, more you get into it, but it's still very powerful for many things. The only advice I can give for the missing stuff are on demand through their feature request form. At least he notifies them that people want, even if you can't see him for a while. Adobe - feature request/Bug Report Form

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