SynthEyes's exporter to After Effects uses some Effects to handle lens distortion and 360VR; they must be installed into After Effects or an error message will be produced when the exported script is run in After Effects. The effects are located within the plugins folder of your SynthEyes installation folder (click Script/System Script Folder then go up a level to see plugins). They must be installed into each version of After Effects that you use.
Windows
- Create a new "SynthEyes" folder within the (existing) folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 20yy\Support Files\Plug-ins\Effects
- Copy SyAFXCube.aex, SyAFXLens.aex, SyAFXMapper.aex, and SyAFXVRS.aex into the new SynthEyes folder.
- Restart After Effects if it is already running.
macOS
Apple Silicon: SynthEyes plugins for After Effects are Intel-only at this time. To use them, you'll need to (temporarily) turn on “Open using Rosetta” on Adobe After Effects 202x.app's Get Info panel before starting After Effects.
- Create a new "SynthEyes" folder within the (existing) folder: /Applications/Adobe After Effects 20yy/Plug-ins/Effects
- Copy SyAFXCube.plugin, SyAFXLens.plugin, SyAFXMapper.plugin, and SyAFXVRS.plugin into the new SynthEyes folder.
- Restart After Effects if it is already running.