0.2.0-beta.1 — Shape to Stroke and fixes

Download after-effects-scripts-v0.2.0-beta.1.zip below, unzip it, and in After Effects choose File → Scripts → Run Script File… to run any script from the Scripts folder. Each one works on its own. Save your project first: every script's changes undo with a single Cmd/Ctrl+Z.

New: Shape to Stroke (experimental)

Turns filled outline shapes (bars, rings, arcs, hollow frames, zigzags…) into editable strokes on the path running through their middle, ready for Trim Paths. It refuses anything it can't read with confidence and explains why. Try it on the READY, SKIP and ICONS test comps created by Shape to Stroke test comps/Create-Test-Fixtures.jsx. Guide

Fixes

• Stepped Keyframes: on curved Position paths with hand-pulled handles, the motion path now keeps its shape instead of looping near the original keys.
• Font Inspector: much faster on projects that reuse the same precomp many times; the report is unchanged.
• Depth Map: the window now warns that After Effects stops responding while a depth map is generating.

Also

• Shorter guides, with animations for Shape to Stroke and Transform to Null.
• One version number for the whole collection.

Tested on After Effects 26.5 on macOS. Windows and older versions have not been tested yet. Problems or ideas: open an issue. Full details in the changelog.