https://github.com/hyperbrew/after-effects-command-ids

Find and use Command IDs for scripting in Adobe After Effects across versions with an interactive viewer, json files, and parser.
https://github.com/hyperbrew/after-effects-command-ids

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Find and use Command IDs for scripting in Adobe After Effects across versions with an interactive viewer, json files, and parser.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/hyperbrew/after-effects-command-ids
• Owner: hyperbrew
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-11-05T00:51:56.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-26T18:44:36.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-26T19:38:59.131Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: adobe, aftereffects, command-id, extendscript, scripting
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://hyperbrew.github.io/after-effects-command-ids/
• Size: 682 KB
• Stars: 64
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# After Effects Command IDs

### v2.0.1

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Find and use Command IDs for scripting in Adobe After Effects across versions.

_Full blog post:_ https://hyperbrew.co/blog/after-effects-command-ids/

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## Viewer

Open the viewer to quickly search and find the Command ID for your version of After Effects:

https://hyperbrew.github.io/after-effects-command-ids

![Viewer](./media/viewer.jpg)

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## Usage

Use Command IDs in After Effects with `app.executeCommand();`

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## JSON

Download the complete list of JSON file for each version of After Effects in the [`/json/`](./json) folder.

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## Scanner

v2.0 adds a MacOS Menu Scanner to the process to capture even more Command IDs.

To run yourself:

- clone the repo on Mac

- install dependencies: `yarn`

- Launch the desired After Effects version

- Update the version variable in `parser\menu-scan-run.js` to your After Effects Version (e.g. `2024`, `2025`, etc)

- run the scanner: `yarn scan` (or just `yarn scan-post` if you already have generated the `1-results-raw-vvvv.txt` which takes several minues)

- wait several minutes for the process to complete

- results will printed to: `8-merged-results-vvvv.json`

See the scanner in [`/parser/menu-scan-run.js`](./parser/menu-scan-run.js) for more details

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## Menu Develop Quickstart

- Install: `yarn`

- Develop: `yarn dev`

- Build: `yarn build`