Return-Path: Received: from omr10.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.60] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4628809 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:45:12 +0100 Received: from cm-omr5 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr10.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q1GNpTxA020374 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:51:30 -0500 Authentication-Results: cm-omr5 smtp.user=torno@sydefxink.com; auth=pass (CRAM-MD5) X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from [64.183.31.59] ([64.183.31.59:56503] helo=[192.168.1.104]) by cm-omr5 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTPA id DF/8A-27381-0869D3F4; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:51:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [AE] Relink files batch/script References: From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-CD5D30F3-B495-40B4-9F50-8A4EBAD60BEF X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A334) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:51:23 -0800 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) --Apple-Mail-CD5D30F3-B495-40B4-9F50-8A4EBAD60BEF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Ya, it's not foolproof as it was written for a one off task we had at one po= int in the office. Naming convention is key, they MUST be identical. For exa= mple we had a mov named abcSomethingSomething_a_2854.mov in our timeline as t= he first layer. The R3D version of the file was the exact same name, abcSome= thingSomething_a_2854.r3d. So all I had to do was grab the source name, stri= p "mov" off and add "r3d". The script went through all of the comps looking f= or the first layer and if it was a mov, it looked in the project for an r3d o= f the same name. If it found a match, it would add the r3d to the comp and r= emove the mov from the timeline. The more I think about it, this would require a bit more work if what your c= lient may be looking for is to reconnect the JPG source file path to a match= ing RAW file in another folder on his computer. Still a scriptable task, but= different approach. Ideally all his JPG files in his AE project are in one f= older, and all his RAW files are in one single folder on his computer or in o= ne folder in his AE project. They must have identical matching names to make= the swap possible. Image size is also a factor. 1080 vs 4k for example. If t= hey are different sizes then scaling has to be factored into the script. Any= ideas on the project setup and specs and stuff? David Torno Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 --------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field On Feb 16, 2012, at 3:30 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" w= rote: > David, > =20 > So it he would need to import all the raw files, then run the script to sw= ap jpg=E2=80=99s for RAW? Does it work off the filename in AE? > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > http://www.stephenv2.me/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like ficti= on. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99= s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf O= f David Torno > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:33 PM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] Relink files batch/script > =20 > I may have something that could work, It would need to be modified for fil= e paths though. It currently swaps mov layer timeline layers for r3d equival= ents, so all files would need to be in the AE project window to begin with. >=20 > David Torno > Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor > http://www.ghosttownmedia.com > O: 213.739.2290 > C: 818.391.6060 > --------------------- > http://www.sydefxink.com > http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com > http://mactex.blogspot.com > =20 > "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" > -Charles Field >=20 > On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:38 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" wrote: >=20 > I have a client that has a project with several thousand JPG images. They w= ant to relink to the raw versions of those files. These are not image sequen= ces. Just a huge number of stills =E2=80=93 all with different varying inter= pret image settings, so scripts like Immigration and Batch replace don=E2=80= =99t appear to work. >=20 > Is manual one at a time the only solution? > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > http://www.stephenv2.me/ > =20 > A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like ficti= on. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99= s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail-CD5D30F3-B495-40B4-9F50-8A4EBAD60BEF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Ya, it's not foolproof as i= t was written for a one off task we had at one point in the office. Naming c= onvention is key, they MUST be identical. For example we had a mov named abc= SomethingSomething_a_2854.mov in our timeline as the first layer. The R3D ve= rsion of the file was the exact same name, abcSomethingSomething_a_2854= .r3d. So all I had to do was grab the source name, strip "mov" off and add "= r3d". The script went through all of the comps looking for the first layer a= nd if it was a mov, it looked in the project for an r3d of the same name. If= it found a match, it would add the r3d to the comp and remove the mov from t= he timeline.

The more I think about it, this would r= equire a bit more work if what your client may be looking for is to reconnec= t the JPG source file path to a matching RAW file in another folder on his c= omputer. Still a scriptable task, but different approach. Ideally all his JP= G files in his AE project are in one folder, and all his RAW files are in on= e single folder on his computer or in one folder in his AE project. They mus= t have identical matching names to make the swap possible. Image size is als= o a factor. 1080 vs 4k for example. If they are different sizes then scaling= has to be factored into the script. Any ideas on the project setup and spec= s and stuff?

David Torno
Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor
O: 213.739.2290
C: 818.391.6060
-----= ----------------
http://aeiow= eyou.blogspot.com

"The most useless day is th= at in which we do not laugh"
-Charles Field

On= Feb 16, 2012, at 3:30 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:

David,

 

So it he would need to import all the r= aw files, then run the script to swap jpg=E2=80=99s for RAW? Does it work of= f the filename in AE?

 

<= span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se= rif";color:#1F497D">stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

=

 =

http://www.sv2studios.co= m/

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/=

http://www.stephenv2.me/

 

A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like musi= c than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The t= heme, what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.<= o:p>

=E2= =80=93Stanley Kubrick

 

From: After Effects Mai= l List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of David Torno
<= b>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:33 PM
To: After Effects M= ail List
Subject: Re: [AE] Relink files batch/script

 

I may have something that could work, It would need to be mo= dified for file paths though. It currently swaps mov layer timeline lay= ers for r3d equivalents, so all files w= ould need to be in the AE project window to begin with.


David Torno

Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor

=

= O: 213.739.2290

C: 818.391.6= 060

---------------------

http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com

 

"The most u= seless day is that in which we do not laugh"

-Charles Field


On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:38 PM, "= Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv= 2studios.com> wrote:

I have a client that has a project with several thousand JPG images= . They want to relink to the raw versions of those files. These are not imag= e sequences. Just a huge number of stills =E2=80=93 all with different varyi= ng interpret image settings, so scripts like Immigration and Batch replace d= on=E2=80=99t appear to work.


Is manual one at a time the only solution?=

 

ste= phen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /o:p>

http://www.outsi= deinthemovie.com/

http://www.stephenv2.me/

 

A film is =E2= =80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like fiction. It should b= e a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=E2=80=99s behind the e= motion, the meaning, all that comes later.

=E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick

 

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