Search Party

Complementary bundled script for searching and applying just about anything...

About

Search Party started out because there's handful of tools in Basecamp that are real useful, but if I'm honest, don't get used often. I don't want to get rid of them, but I might need them one day, but I definitely don't need to dedicate precious screen real estate to something used so infrequently. Enter Search Party

Search Party is a small UI that accesses the same database that Basecamp comes with, so you can pop it open and launch the same tools whenever you need without dedicating docked screen real estate.

But wait there's more...

If we have this quick search UI already for the handful of Basecamp tools, can it do more? Taking inspiration from giants like FX Console from Video Copilot and Quick Menu available on aescripts.com, we expanded search party to be able to add effects, add layer styles, change blending modes, and call a handful of menu commands.

Basecamp Tool

Effect

Layer Style

Blending Mode

Menu Item

Installed Scripts

UI

When launching you should be able to start typing to search immediately. Enter your search terms in the field at the top. As you find your result, either select it using up & down arrow keys and activate it with Enter, or use your mouse and double click on the one you're looking for.

Favorites

Sometime what you want isn't at the top of the list. Clicking the star button for something you use more often and it will bump to the top of the list so it's quicker to get to next time.

Hiding

Don't want something to appear on the list anymore? Just select it and click the eyeball button to hide it. If you wish to un-hide something, shift-click the eyeball button to show what's been hidden so you can un-hide it.

Keyboard Shortcut

For even quicker operation, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to Search Party. Use After Effects' Keyboard Shortcut panel to assign your desired keyboard shortcut to Search Party.