Adobug 1.11 - After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge - Debugger/Logger

It works on After Effects, Bridge CC, InDesign, Photoshop. Rest of the Adobe Creative Cloud Apps don't have Socket Implemented.

notice: changed from aedbug as it is not only for After Effects anymore.

Now you can have one console window which will not dissappear when there are issue with the apps or ESTK. Also you can work on mulitple scripts simultaneously and script will automatically display the program name in the console. Please see below for the example.

Adobug v1.11 has new enabled colors. Tutorial will be soon available.

Youtube Tutorial (click on image below) - old version

adobug (After Effects Debugger/Logger) is an external debugger/logger to use in Adobe After Effects (And Probably Premiere, InDesign, Photoshop scripts etc).

First enable option in your program (Mac & Windows)

(After Effects, Media Encoder, Audition, Bridge CC, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush) Preferences->General->Allow Scripts to write files & Access Network

Example (test.jsx)

include the aedbug.jsx in your script and use it like:

//use debug for strings, arrays or objects

adobug(rgb("MapoART Adobug 1.11 message from the console:" + BridgeTalk.appSpecifier,39,106,255,12,33,79));

var obj = {x:1, y: "string", nestedObject: {alpha:'nested'}};
adobug(rgb(obj,140,220,200,4,20,40));

var arr = [1,2,11111,"MapoArt Debugger: ", BridgeTalk.appSpecifier];
adobug(rgb(arr,255,1,0,20,0,0));

var reflectMethods = Window.reflect.methods;
adobug(rgb("Reflect Object's Methods:",1,1,1,20,255,0));
adobug(rgb(reflectMethods, 0,200,100,20,30,0)); 

var reflectProperties = Window.reflect.properties;
adobug(rgb("Reflect Object's Properties:",0,0,0,255,30,0));
adobug(reflectProperties); // default colors

External Log Server Installation

To run server use npm and nodejs (JavaScript) (different languages will be implemented later if needed)

Startup Script

There is new batch file(start.bat) to start on windows (cmd.exe or PowerShell.exe). Just go to desire folder and run:

git clone git@github.com:mapos/adobug.git
cd adobug
.\start.bat

to start without start.bat script use the commmands:

npm install
npm start

Todos

• Methods/Props debugging done
• Coloring done
• Debug/Log write to file
• Other languages server versions PHP, Ruby, Python, Go etc.

License

MIT