See also:

Direct
communication

After Effects® panel

The After Effects® panel serves for quick access to commands of communication with AE.

Button Action
Launch/Switch to After Effects® Launch or switchto, if already launched, an instance of the AE application
Import Overlay Import the AE active layer as an overlay
Export Transformations Apply the computed transformations to the AE active layer

Communication commands are described in detail in the section "Direct communication ".