Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 651)

645 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Plug-ins, scripts, and automation
Last updated 12/21/2009
Automation
After Effects and other Adobe software with which it’s integrated provide many different means for automating
various processes.
You can automate animation and image processing within After Effects with expressions, scripts, and plug-ins. You
can automate rendering with aerender, network rendering, and post-render actions. You can also automate some tasks
using workflow automation scripts in Adobe Bridge. Because you can exchange data easily between Photoshop and
After Effects, you can use macros, actions, droplets, and scripts in Photoshop to automate the processing of images for
use in After Effects.
More Help topics
“ About expressions ” on page 646
“ Plug-ins ” on page 641
“ Scripts ” on page 643
“ Automated rendering and network rendering ” on page 725
“ Post-render actions ” on page 702