Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #51620
From: David Torno <torno@sydefxink.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Convert old Project
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:49:28 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Ya, that's Paul's script. I think it goes backwards only though. New to old.

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

This script has always intrigued me but I have never tried it.




OpenSesame brings backwards compatibility to After Effects, exporting projects that can be opened in any version from CS3 or later. 
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 layers, colors, footage and file paths.

Phil



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

I've been advocating this for years.  So… +1.

After all, didn't Adobe acquire Wes Plate, the brilliant mind behind Automatic Duck?


On Nov 14, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Greg Balint <delrazoraelist@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 could detect and use the right steps up to save to something usable in current versions?

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

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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 this list. Her projects ranged from AE 5 - AE 6.5. I was able to open them in AE7.0, save them out, then open them in CS3, save them out once more, and then open them with CS6. 

David Torno
Visual Effects Professional
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"The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"
-Charles Field

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


I have 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 and resave so that I can bring it into AE CC.
Ideas?


Curtis Nichols
PCS Production Co.
Irving, TX.

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