# Buttcapper

The stroke cap selector Adobe kinda forgot.

# Usage

Buttcapper is context sensitive, meaning it understands what you have selected and affects strokes based on this selection.

• If you select a shape, it will change the stroke
• If you select a layer, it will change all the strokes within the layer
• If you deselect all layers, it will change all strokes within the comp

# Set caps

Click to set the stroke caps based on the layer or shape selection. Options are:

# Set joins

Alt or Shift click any of the cap buttons to adjust the stroke joins. Options are:

# Maintain stroke width

Click to apply the most optimized version of the Maintain Stroke Expression (opens new window) with the same logic as the rest of Buttcapper.

Alt or Shift click to remove the expression.

# Installation

# KBar (opens new window) setup

Since screen real-estate is so precious inside of Ae, and you may only use 1-2 of the buttons, it is easy to customize your interface with KBar.

If you don't know about KBar (opens new window), your productivity has been taking a major hit without even knowing it. Buy it, use it, thank me later.

# Step-by-step

• Right click the KBar panel to open Settings
• Click Add Button
• Select Run JSX/JSXBIN File
• Navigate to the Buttcapper.jsx file (probably in the After Effects\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels folder)
  • If you stop right here, clicking the new button will open the whole Buttcapper panel
• In the optional Script Function field type the name of the button. The available names are:
  • butt
  • round
  • projecting
  • strokewidth
• (optional) Click the ICON button to set a custom icon
• Drop down the top menu and select PNG/SVG
• Click the BROWSE button to locate the files included with the download
• Click OK to close the icon picker
• Click OK to close the script picker
• The new button will be added to KBar

# Changelog