Adobe Script Runner

Script runner for Adobe applications right from Atom. Extension also available for VSCode.

Supported applications

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InCopy
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop

Features

Run commands are accessible via Command Palette. Simply click Cmd+Shift+P and start typing the name of supported applications. Click enter to run script inside the selected application.

Extension will open host application first if it's not running, and then execute the script.

Tip: You don't need to have file saved inside Atom. Extension will be able to run code from unsaved documents. Kaboom!

Map keyboard shortcuts to execute script even faster - Cmd+Alt+R is bind to run script inside After Effects by default. Read how to customise keybindings here.

Note: Contribution to support other Adobe applications is highly encouraged.

Installation

• From Atom application

  • Open up the Settings View using Cmd+, on Mac or Ctrl+, on Windows,
  • Click on the Install tab and type Adobe Script Runner.

• From GitHub

  • Download repository and unzip the package,
  • Rename folder to adobe-script-runner,
  • Copy adobe-script-runner folder to /Users/YOURUSER/.atom/packages folder.

In action

• Launch Atom and open your own jsx file, or for testing just type alert("Hello World").
• Click Cmd+Alt+R on Mac or Ctrl+Alt+R on Windows or launch Command Palette with keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+P and type Adobe After Effects and click enter.
• Hopefully After Effects will fire up and run your script 🙏

Settings

Click Cmd+, on Mac or Ctrl+, on Windows and navigate to Packages > Adobe Script Runner to modify settings. Extension exposes the following settings:

• Save Dirty Document: toggle to automatically save dirty document before evaluating.
• Run Untitled Document: toggle to evaluate untitled document. Note: document has to be saved prior to evaluating, therefore check Path to Temp File option to set temporary file path.
• Path to Temp File: path to a temporary file where untitled documents are being saved prior to evaluating. Used only when Run Untitled Document is set to true.

For Windows users only:

• Path to ExtendScript Toolkit executable: path to Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit executable (ExtendScript Toolkit.exe).
• Path to After Effects executable: path to Adobe After Effects executable (AfterFX.exe).
• Path to Illustrator executable: path to Adobe Illustrator executable (Illustrator.exe).
• Path to Photoshop executable: path to Adobe Photoshop executable (Photoshop.exe).

Executable paths for InCopy and InDesign for Windows are not exposed because they are handled differently than the rest of the apps. Go figure Adobe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Known issues

• Host application does not get focus on script run.