Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #42170
From: David Torno <torno@sydefxink.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Relink files batch/script
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:51:23 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Ya, it's not foolproof as it was written for a one off task we had at one point in the office. Naming convention is key, they MUST be identical. For example we had a mov named abcSomethingSomething_a_2854.mov in our timeline as the first layer. The R3D version 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 and 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 the timeline.

The more I think about it, this would require a bit more work if what your client may be looking for is to reconnect the JPG source file path to a matching 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 folder, and all his RAW files are in one single folder on his computer or in one 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 they 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
O: 213.739.2290
C: 818.391.6060
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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 raw files, then run the script to swap jpg’s for RAW? Does it work off the filename in AE?

 

stephen van vuuren

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

 

I may have something that could work, It would need to be modified for file paths though. It currently swaps mov layer timeline layers for r3d equivalents, so all files would need to be in the AE project window to begin with.


David Torno

Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor

O: 213.739.2290

C: 818.391.6060

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http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com

 

"The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"

-Charles Field


On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:38 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.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 image sequences. Just a huge number of stills – all with different varying interpret image settings, so scripts like Immigration and Batch replace don’t appear to work.


Is manual one at a time the only solution?

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.sv2studios.com/

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/

http://www.stephenv2.me/

 

A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

–Stanley Kubrick

 

 
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