Return-Path: Received: from mail-qa0-f52.google.com ([209.85.216.52] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5014758 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:04:22 +0100 Received: by mail-qa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id bs12so274054qab.18 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:11:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=meOTarYW46flEGVDVzz72dXytpxNdSsQt/WTKT/e1Ac=; b=Q4fsFCo9oHYMN6sAhxyHXcI47el8SrXigNgkuPsfK9qOv89ug0uF6bRoKA8Yox6V9+ nn8wtgzn8acg15Af3JlKCnAB4CEvfDNQkO9XuRFLLDV0TcUqJJ2HeZJopwkYi99qOqdB mPDQAtnUyQf+/ayo8qUje9K8cep3AXTYxC5V8Tb/2q70a40UrFlyitGfJu+2cGr6h6PQ s0q8qOCDCinfg+2jpfwQP7UHkdRfkvwNTvlGkrIfGzZ3jK37cyuwaOQPgWyX1OE5LNzH wu2KN8m3C12EgmeyHUqn4cd/dssJULR8+EqOemP3yUO+iVvRtQqNDNZhlR3fSyMu/ih6 DdXg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.53.33 with SMTP id y1mr8071239qeo.63.1364307106753; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:11:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.127.107 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:11:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:11:46 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Replace PSD footage easily? From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List , Anders Sundstedt Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bd76fc276730f04d8d480ab --047d7bd76fc276730f04d8d480ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You could also just import the psd as a composition as opposed to footage. Create duplicate copies of that comp and have select layers turned on or off for each copy within each composition. On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Anders Sundstedt wrote: > Hi, > > I often need multiple versions of a .PSD file, for example a character to > be used in an animation, may need different clothes and hair styles, thes= e > PSD files have many layers. > > I need to use the same AE project, I only want to swap the PSD, let=92s s= ay > for example a different version of the PSD for each scene (one AE project > file for each scene). > > Is there an easy way to do this without a lot of hassle, not having to > rename the original PSD and having to replace it every time for each time= I > work on an AE project? > > I would like to know about a solution that does not require making anothe= r > copy of the project etc. > > I have read in older ae-list posts about for example exporting and > search/replace in an XML file, but there must be a better way? > > Thanks > > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --047d7bd76fc276730f04d8d480ab Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You could also just import the psd as a composition as opposed to footage. = Create duplicate copies of that comp and have select layers turned on or of= f for each copy within each composition.=A0

On Tuesday,= March 26, 2013, Anders Sundstedt wrote:

Hi,

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I often need multiple versions of a .PSD file, for example a character= to=20 be used in an animation, may need different clothes and hair styles, these = PSD=20 files have many layers.

I need to use the same AE project, I only wa= nt to=20 swap the PSD, let=92s say for example a different version of the PSD for ea= ch=20 scene (one AE project file for each scene).

Is there an easy way to = do=20 this without a lot of hassle, not having to rename the original PSD and hav= ing=20 to replace it every time for each time I work on an AE project?

I wo= uld=20 like to know about a solution that does not require making another copy of = the=20 project etc.

I have read in older ae-list posts about for example=20 exporting and search/replace in an XML file, but there must be a better=20 way?

Thanks

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