Export Expressions

Export Expressions is an After Effects ScriptUI designed to export expressions from your entire project, active or selected compositions. The script allows motion designers to extract and save the expressions used in their After Effects projects as a .jsx file for easier management, reuse, and documentation.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Features
• Usage
• License
• Contributing
• License

Installation

1. Download the script from the GitHub repository.
2. Copy the script file (EF_Export-Expressions.jsx) to your After Effects scripts folder:
   • Windows: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects (version)\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels
   • MaC OS: /Applications/Adobe After Effects (version)/Scripts/ScriptUI Panels
3. Alternatively, in After Effects, go to File > Scripts > Install ScriptUI Panel select the script file (EF_Export-Expressions.jsx) and restart After Effects.

Allow Scripts to write files and access the Network

• Windows: Select Edit > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions > select Allow Scripts To Write Files And Access Network.
• MaC OS: Select After Effects > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions > select Allow Scripts To Write Files And Access Network.

Features

• Exports expressions from all layers in the active composition or from selected layers.
• Outputs the expressions to a .jsx file that can be opened in any text editor.
• Helps in organizing and documenting expressions used in complex compositions.
• Simplifies the reuse of expressions across projects.

Usage

1. Open After Effects and load a composition.
2. Run the script:
   • Go to File > Scripts > EF_Export-Expressions.jsx.
3. Choose the destination path. If no folder is selected, the files will be saved next to your project.
   • You can choose if you want to create a new folder in your destination
4. Choose one of the following targets:
   • Export expressions only from the Active Composition
   • Export expressions only from the Selected Compositions in the project panel
   • Export expressions from the entire project
5. The expressions will be saved to a .jsx file, one for each composition.

Compatibility

• Adobe After Effects
• OS: Windows, MacOS

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas for improvement, bug fixes, or new features, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You're free to remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially as long as you credit and license your new creations under the same terms. You're free to use this script in your workflow. Do not sell this as a product or iterate upon it and sell.