Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob12.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.50] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5286051 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:47:41 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.204]) by atl4mhob12.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rAEKnVoW029028 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:49:31 -0500 Received: (qmail 14006 invoked by uid 0); 14 Nov 2013 20:49:31 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 70.197.66.203 X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.189.11.249?) (torno@sydefxink.com@70.197.66.203) by 0 with ESMTPA; 14 Nov 2013 20:49:30 -0000 From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3B139803-A455-46B3-B6FE-E5C1D7B8D822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [AE] Convert old Project Message-Id: <33DA79B4-E086-4AF0-8CA2-E964C0871065@sydefxink.com> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:49:28 -0800 References: In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B511) --Apple-Mail-3B139803-A455-46B3-B6FE-E5C1D7B8D822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ya, that's Paul's script. I think it goes backwards only though. New to old.= David Torno Visual Effects Professional http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 -------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field > On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Phil Spitler wrote: >=20 > This script has always intrigued me but I have never tried it. >=20 > http://aescripts.com/pt_opensesame/ >=20 >=20 >=20 > OpenSesame brings backwards compatibility to After Effects, exporting proj= ects that can be opened in any version from CS3 or later.=20 > Projects are exported as human readable text files that can also be edited= in a text editor or spreadsheet in various ways, such as changing text laye= rs, colors, footage and file paths. >=20 > Phil >=20 >=20 >=20 > Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : 415.394.8= 200 m : 415.571.3139 >=20 > Website | Facebook | LinkedIn >=20 >> On Nov 14, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: >>=20 >> I've been advocating this for years. So=E2=80=A6 +1. >>=20 >> After all, didn't Adobe acquire Wes Plate, the brilliant mind behind Auto= matic Duck? >>=20 >>=20 >>> On Nov 14, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Greg Balint wrot= e: >>>=20 >>> If the structure between old versions exists to be able to save and open= in higher versions a few steps, I wonder how hard it could be to implement a= legacy project importer which could detect and use the right steps up to sa= ve to something usable in current versions? >>>=20 >>> Would be a great feature to have added at some point. Maybe even a serv= ice of CC where you upload the aep and it gets converted in the cloud and do= wnloads a recently openable version. >>>=20 >>> ///Greg Balint >>> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer >>> /321.514.4839 >>> delRAZOR.com/ >>> =20 >>>=20 >>>> On Nov 14, 2013 10:32 AM, "David Torno" wrote: >>>> I just did this not too long ago for Rachel Max on this list. Her proje= cts ranged from AE 5 - AE 6.5. I was able to open them in AE7.0, save them o= ut, then open them in CS3, save them out once more, and then open them with C= S6.=20 >>>>=20 >>>> David Torno >>>> Visual Effects Professional >>>> http://www.ghosttownmedia.com >>>> O: 213.739.2290 >>>> C: 818.391.6060 >>>> -------------------- >>>> http://www.sydefxink.com >>>> http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com >>>> http://mactex.blogspot.com >>>>=20 >>>> "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" >>>> -Charles Field >>>>=20 >>>>> On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:08 AM, Curtis Nichols wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> I have a AE project created in 2006 using 6.5 (pre-CS). AE CC won't op= en it. I'm wondering how far back I need to go to get to a version that will= open it and resave so that I can bring it into AE CC.=20 >>>>> Ideas? >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Curtis Nichols >>>>> PCS Production Co. >>>>> Irving, TX. >>>>>=20 >>>>> (sent via the moons of Saturn) >=20 --Apple-Mail-3B139803-A455-46B3-B6FE-E5C1D7B8D822 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ya, that's Paul's script. I think it g= oes backwards only though. New to old.

David Torno
Visual Effects= Professional
O: 213.739.2290
C: 818.391.6060<= /div>
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"The most useless day i= s that in which we do not laugh"
-Charles Field

On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:30 PM= , Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.= com> wrote:

This script h= as always intrigued me but I have never tried it.




OpenSesame brings backwar= ds compatibility to After Effects, exporting projects that can be opened in a= ny version from CS3 or later. 
Projects are exported as human r= eadable text files that can also be edited in a text editor or spreadsheet i= n various ways, such as changing text layers, colors, footage and file paths= .

Phil



signature1 Phil Spitler&nb= sp; |  Creative Technologist   |  Bonfire Labs  |  t : 415.394.8200  m : 415.571.3139

Website | Facebook | LinkedIn

On Nov 14, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:

I've been advocating this for years.  So=E2=80=A6 +1.
<= br>
After all, didn't Adobe acquire Wes Plate, the brilliant mind b= ehind Automatic Duck?


On Nov 14, 2013= , at 9:40 AM, Greg Balint <de= lrazoraelist@gmail.com> wrote:

If the structure between old= versions exists to be able to save and open in higher versions a few steps,= I wonder how hard it could be to implement a legacy project importer which c= ould detect and use the right steps up to save to something usable in curren= t versions?

Would be a great feature to have added at som= e point.  Maybe even a service of CC where you upload the aep and it ge= ts converted in the cloud and downloads a recently openable version.

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
   

On Nov 14, 2013 10:32 AM, "David Torno" <torno@sydefxink.com> wrote:
I just did this not too long ago for Rachel Max on th= is list. Her projects ranged from AE 5 - AE 6.5. I was able to open them in A= E7.0, save them out, then open them in CS3, save them out once more, and the= n open them with CS6. 

David Torno
Visual Effects Professional
--------------------
http://aeiow= eyou.blogspot.com

"The most useless day is that in which we do n= ot laugh"
-Charles Field

On Nov 14, 2013, at 7:08 AM, Curtis Nichols <curtisn@pcsprodu= ctions.com> wrote:


I h= ave a AE project created in 2006 using 6.5 (pre-CS). AE CC won't open it. I'= m wondering how far back I need to go to get to a version that will open it a= nd resave so that I can bring it into AE CC.
Ideas?


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Curtis Nichols
PCS Production Co.
Irving, TX.
=
(sent via the moons of Saturn)


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