Communigate Pro AE-List@media-motion.tv Message 48313

I have found one alternative solution to help get around the problem is to use the script ‘True Comp Duplicator v3.4’ (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’t solve swapping the entire .PSD but it’s 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

Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:11 PM

To: After Effects Mail List

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.

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’s 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

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