From: "Phil Spitler" Received: from mail-pf0-f181.google.com ([209.85.192.181] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6364445 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:32:21 +0100 Received: by mail-pf0-f181.google.com with SMTP id u19so3322347pfa.12 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:36:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bonfirelabs-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=n/S6H8ZJZSpQAvgal1t3rXS6FQiLQ4g0AnrOG+gLbD4=; b=nWzfEmokefLxftz0174zGMc7D/UNJ7QsEFD8SBGh0uMUPrfAJ+4vJYgeENhGkmNqfK oQXtaciBEMj6K8vzLlFF14cxixFi9Tf/q5F3A2PwSFP6iG0osNFoIjlDzDzBtIQfDTmg Ualu2pkB6zBNVBwiaEbfPsvX46sp1wSI8//+4etgfjnQibv1D+g+FxU3IO2QKWI7UpyY qhZxUfhX1NdjoGmeNE/jwraQ3knRn3OoclDNTb4eOtG68sc8Jg5GK95SaJxjKnkB3teg j10/ntkAbVKi3wn8axaWOnqYG6Y8yIWQG2So9mFIT1QRCY+4PcTXwv6P1DkLFO7DeuqT IYUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to :in-reply-to:message-id; bh=n/S6H8ZJZSpQAvgal1t3rXS6FQiLQ4g0AnrOG+gLbD4=; b=HeqUz4MQ5dm3bJlDEaluHPdwWa0lkkcyiewALBxcFRnHvjnMhd/8syf8x1sv04Ydk3 skhW3GezLTfYTfw+ZAt4GryyqQD8GOwN3d9IKrrC01slJet4AhwhlT92Go3BPQF3ssWC PFYY5PgLkq2HQVwILuNbA50ZvVUfn/W0fSiAaz5IkJPX+wl0t+EG5dgtsoKdNGmwo/JR 3OWbfWzvHraRbvSl67xi1TSlsHuvBVFE40mX6lnPbYyGq5u0o8MdhYi8aW16/yR6J76j 8QH5WsKbQ8vNVuJj2/7CMs5pqi96NjGXGGi+HdeSy2a+Gcm6jXtnl4ULC4dD7JTfXq6W KI2g== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX5fCb9YB6WqCvBXDkAekJtkYc1JOxcBzqjNAYH2jo4UxIkK1p2m J6GxJbewSTf22tCASMQaDE/GP6tuuMM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMbv49QQBWwAaAHrf+coocxsGhC4FjyAdg7/ewOXl0Ys08F4bfwXcnja9Rv9yRgdwORKYEvrqQ== X-Received: by 10.101.75.204 with SMTP id p12mr2941462pgr.61.1512059766308; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:36:06 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from phils-imac.lan (157-131-169-198.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.169.198]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b10sm8367051pfj.20.2017.11.30.08.36.05 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:36:05 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_869D979C-715C-4244-A05C-DEB2AA32495A" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Finding which AEP rendered a file Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:36:04 -0800 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <86C04052-B5BB-4BA8-AAAA-2F1848E3D6F0@bonfirelabs.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) --Apple-Mail=_869D979C-715C-4244-A05C-DEB2AA32495A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 If it was rendered to Quicktime you can bring the QT into AE and hit = CMD-E (edit original). That will load (or try to load) the AE project that created the QT. We use this all the time and it amazes everybody I show=E2=80=A6. A while ago I wrote a script that would show you the file name of the AE = project but it was a bit buggy so I didn=E2=80=99t put it out into the = world. Phil Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139 Website | Facebook = | LinkedIn = > On Nov 30, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Allen Ellis = wrote: >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > We're playing a game of "find the missing project file" for an .AEP = that didn't end up where it was supposed to. I have this distant memory = that there is an obscure way to determine which project file created the = .movs we have. >=20 > I remember that the source path is somewhere in the file, and that it = wasn't plainly vieweable with the rest of the XML metadata, but you = somehow had to re-import your footage into After Effects and do some = weird magic to make it reveal its original author. >=20 > Am I just dreaming all of this? I'm trying to search but can't even = think of any decent search terms. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Allen Ellis > (724) 316-5484 > http://allenellis.com --Apple-Mail=_869D979C-715C-4244-A05C-DEB2AA32495A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 If it was rendered to Quicktime you can bring the QT into AE = and hit CMD-E (edit original).

That will load (or try to load)  the AE project that = created the QT.

We use this all the time and it amazes everybody I = show=E2=80=A6.

A= while ago I wrote a script that would show you the file name of the AE = project but it was a bit buggy so I didn=E2=80=99t put it out into the = world.

Phil



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On Nov 30, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Allen Ellis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Hi all,

We're playing a game of "find the = missing project file" for an .AEP that didn't end up where it was = supposed to. I have this distant memory that there is an obscure way to = determine which project file created the .movs we have.

I remember that the = source path is somewhere in the file, and that it wasn't plainly = vieweable with the rest of the XML metadata, but you somehow had to = re-import your footage into After Effects and do some weird magic to = make it reveal its original author.

Am I just dreaming all of this? I'm = trying to search but can't even think of any decent search = terms.

Cheers,

Allen Ellis
(724) 316-5484
http://allenellis.com

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