Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com ([209.85.214.171] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5097796 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:30:04 +0200 Received: by mail-ob0-f171.google.com with SMTP id dn14so5344853obc.30 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:39:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=MJF9rjn5HqKkfW+/SHn08KvqEF3onV4Cpw/CYUn8WnA=; b=UxaLV8PWCh7/PA/cSqc9BzLWwfiAyN8SnhBEPHw/Y1j69Pj6iG5A0OBmNuPCxdO7bL UqhVTITafkM7E9jV71UTSonvNw5PqhCM9aMfSLOJ9BAb4X3tYVg/MnBLz30c6n72D4xH fMgKIQ0z7QdaYnbCQOz1PGNbxsNuoA8/mRdhHP5wlRx8Pgb8mXue/G1VLcZk4QSJYwMK 5lOkT0njXW9iT0ooIhcYTuqm0sgVKx9scctR0OkGRwHtidejEl6dF+BT2WLrZvxO7X9N EsnJfJD2kRczZvTUdPqLve4JgS9X40TeRFSC8x5sc2B1/ZQSh2yE7eibm5iusmOfu+Ei NZNg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.105.6 with SMTP id gi6mr19098494obb.18.1370547586698; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:39:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.168.164 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:39:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:39:46 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Script for Applying Old Settings to New Effects From: Mark Walczak To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1cec80d973504de817a59 --e89a8ff1cec80d973504de817a59 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks for your sympathy, Jack. I guess I just got used to other companies that make it more seamless. Tiffen support got back to me super-quick and recommended that we generate setup filesfrom our old effects, but in a project with 50-something references to the old effect, it's probably easier to just do it manually. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'd love to hear other thoughts if anyone has anything else to share. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Jack Tunnicliffe wrote: > Mark: > > I feel your pain. This has driven me nuts over the years, too and > certainly weighs heavily when I am purchasing or upgrading filter sets. > Some companies like GenArts figured it out a long time ago, always offering > comparability whether looking forward or looking backward. I wish all > filters were created with this in mind. > > Jack Tunnicliffe > Javapost Production > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-06-06, at 1:23 PM, Mark Walczak wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > My company recently upgraded to CS6 from CS5, and we took the opportunity > to upgrade many of our plugins as well. Tiffen was part of this > transition, and we went from v2.0.2.1 to 3.0.9.6. > > Every time that we go to open a CS5 project that was created using v2 > Tiffen effects, AE reports that the project contains several links to > effects that don't exist. In reality, the effects are installed perfectly > fine on our boxes. It simply seems that Tiffen didn't implement any way > for v3 effects to naturally inherit settings/keyframes from v2. > > I just opened a trouble ticket with Tiffen, but the broader question I > wanted to ask pertains to upgrading plugins in general. > > Is there any sort of script/tool that can batch apply old plugin settings > to new effects with the same name/attributes? Unfortunately, you can't > even copy/paste between the two versions :-( > > Thank you so much for your help! > > -- > Mark Walczak > ------------------- > Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/mdwalczak > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ mdwalczak > > -- Mark Walczak ------------------- Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/mdwalczak LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ mdwalczak --e89a8ff1cec80d973504de817a59 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks for your sympathy, Jack.=A0 I guess I just got used= to other companies that make it more seamless.=A0

Tiffen support g= ot back to me super-quick and recommended that we generate setup files from our old effects, but in a project w= ith 50-something references to the old effect, it's probably easier to = just do it manually.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.=A0 I'd love to hear other th= oughts if anyone has anything else to share.



On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:34 PM= , Jack Tunnicliffe <jack@javapost.ca> wrote:
Mark:

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I feel your pain. This has driven me nuts over the years, too and= certainly weighs heavily when I am purchasing or upgrading filter sets. So= me companies like GenArts figured it out a long time ago, always offering c= omparability whether looking forward or looking backward. I wish all filter= s were created with this in mind.

Jack Tunnicliffe
Javapost Production

Sent from my iPhone

On 2013-06-06, at= 1:23 PM, Mark Walczak <mdwalczak@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

My company recently upgraded to CS6 from CS5, and we= took the opportunity to upgrade many of our plugins as well.=A0 Tiffen was= part of this transition, and we went from v2.0.2.1 to 3.0.9.6.

Every time that we go to open a CS5 project that was created usin= g v2 Tiffen effects, AE reports that the project contains several links to = effects that don't exist.=A0 In reality, the effects are installed perf= ectly fine on our boxes.=A0 It simply seems that Tiffen didn't implemen= t any way for v3 effects to naturally inherit settings/keyframes from v2.
I just opened a trouble ticket with Tiffen, but the broader question I = wanted to ask pertains to upgrading plugins in general.=A0

Is there any sort of script/tool that can batch apply old plugin settin= gs to new effects with the same name/attributes?=A0 Unfortunately, you can&= #39;t even copy/paste between the two versions :-(

Thank you so much for your help!
=

--
Mark Walczak
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Vimeo: ht= tp://vimeo.com/mdwalczak
LinkedIn: http://www.li= nkedin.com/in/mdwalczak



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Mark Walczak
-------------------Vimeo: http://vi= meo.com/mdwalczak
LinkedIn: http://www.li= nkedin.com/in/mdwalczak
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