Return-Path: Received: from dub0-omc4-s23.dub0.hotmail.com ([157.55.2.98] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5018653 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:54:58 +0100 Received: from DUB112-DS30 ([157.55.2.71]) by dub0-omc4-s23.dub0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:02:29 -0700 X-EIP: [yh+ABeXW/ckfkq8Vxi5jKNncRiASL3j5] X-Originating-Email: [sundstedt@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Return-Path: sundstedt@hotmail.com Reply-To: "Anders Sundstedt" From: "Anders Sundstedt" To: "After Effects Mail List" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [AE] Replace PSD footage easily? Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:02:39 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01CE2CA7.9A2A3120" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3555.308 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Mar 2013 18:02:29.0907 (UTC) FILETIME=[94458E30:01CE2CA7] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01CE2CA7.9A2A3120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have found one alternative solution to help get around the problem is = to use the script =91True Comp Duplicator v3.4=92 (comps inside the comp = is an actual duplicate not the same comp as the original etc.) It allows to make true duplicates of comps and thus you can make a = duplicate and then make changes in it without messing up the original. It doesn=92t solve swapping the entire .PSD but it=92s helpful when = making many variants of the same comp (in my case a character). Combining the true duplicates of comps with Teddys suggestion of turning = layers on and off in each comp goes a long way. Thanks Anders http://sundstedt.co.uk From: Teddy Gage=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:11 PM To: After Effects Mail List=20 Subject: Re: [AE] Replace PSD footage easily? 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.=20 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, = these PSD files have many layers. I need to use the same AE project, I only want to swap the PSD, = let=92s say 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 = another 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 ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01CE2CA7.9A2A3120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have found one alternative solution to help get around the = problem is to=20 use the script =91True Comp Duplicator v3.4=92 (comps inside the comp is = an actual=20 duplicate not the same comp as the original etc.)
 
It allows to make true duplicates of comps and thus you can make a=20 duplicate and then make changes in it without messing up the = original.

It doesn=92t solve swapping the entire .PSD but it=92s helpful = when making=20 many variants of the same comp (in my case a character).
 
Combining the true duplicates of comps with Teddys suggestion of = turning=20 layers on and off in each comp goes a long way.

Thanks
 
Anders
From: Teddy Gage
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AE] Replace PSD footage = easily?
 
You=20 could also just import the psd as a composition as opposed to footage. = Create=20 duplicate copies of that comp and have select layers turned on or off = for each=20 copy within each composition.

On Tuesday, March 26, = 2013,=20 Anders Sundstedt wrote:
Hi,
 
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 want=20 to swap the PSD, let=92s say for example a different version of the = PSD for each=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 having=20 to replace it every time for each time I work on an AE = project?

I would=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
=
 

--=20
Animator & Editorwww.teddygage.comBrooklyn

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