From: "Allen Ellis" Received: from mail-io0-f182.google.com ([209.85.223.182] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6364448 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:39:42 +0100 Received: by mail-io0-f182.google.com with SMTP id g1so8152673ioc.8 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:43:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=E3lY2HN8TR5jMvUxuI+OwVh3hbO2+lsvsVHHnZlCyHg=; b=dKr3OjOnPWobi6zuber4rAO9rSItS7ODmp/NQ4qAOrmNUyaYNhobx3AbsUMszstHLu OGKSFIOqUieJ4OQhqfERqBdHXus6tzOiQEcP2adWx3KEMR9KqWZlRM38mr8thgnQTAB1 CHTjEGBI6JktpPusNCup2nLSkcbDoyhyLSlgLvT7Yp+k8Jiz6GJfH2YOTjfS4ewVQJmf yKhPP+3KJafNTpMrqC+G2qzjO0Aq8vQs2DxqqiL1xlWfvzTPZmreryNpbRyGg2E98ItC AUzbdduXzB6ER++GrtmR3EiinTwKR6z2JjfS63IRXJID+qwWrtTCWfxoqqJ4j6TjdTen HSRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=E3lY2HN8TR5jMvUxuI+OwVh3hbO2+lsvsVHHnZlCyHg=; b=ZDHyOLB0yp4XEcT/mrkZbYgtVMakUQaE+7WYQhQnCm6hkNUUYaPuo/Pp4PfXpnOxTn Dx20Y2MDxUdmnmOh3s75LNFc+1KghxZ8KR22z6yMUsUQU4cYAiKkDF0nWQiuOE+i8NOZ KVaXCYSgUekBaSrk0dBUPPn0RedGcPOVON3ORBfn0BhHzBU8LL+E3V2I/DRdT8Wzgh9a RvrHPwUrYBIdLTCRTSoKBPbxQJkyFt+r0NGPxYGCezysXAiN49o7/udjeYkWXinZ0rgx cINPJjs2o/DLwLurQ1j2gc54hga3RO3VYhjTt8cE8t+9bHZF8FOCcKjIp2nRADhKCVlg lqkA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX7B2/ZcqsNnGrx+rxe+L5Hx5gOOXxJUUAkLjht7769NlCdYt+8S kqZxUk3HDMfK7G7R9vzLO50upbv3CWMvlDBPGdkbiirV X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZZeR24wUc9OGs/ux95drSLmvI9GvW5Au3joWv8Ky5/GsJbbKZhx+C4uFsM57dmk62NDuJlgQ4RQ7WwIWlTN2M= X-Received: by 10.107.137.82 with SMTP id l79mr8313996iod.271.1512060207805; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:43:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.147.13 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:42:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 11:42:47 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Finding which AEP rendered a file To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a113eb5c290bc35055f35f3b1" --001a113eb5c290bc35055f35f3b1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you! I'm glad that wasn't just a dream. We found it hiding under a master "stock footage" folder, naturally. It even opened After Effects to the correct comp inside the project, too. Magical. Cheers! Allen Ellis (724) 316-5484 http://allenellis.com On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Phil Spitler wrote: > 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 wo= rld. > > 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: > > 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 someh= ow > 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 > > > --001a113eb5c290bc35055f35f3b1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thank you! I'm glad that wasn't just a dream. We f= ound it hiding under a master "stock footage" folder, naturally.<= div>
It even opened After Effects to the correct comp inside = the project, too. Magical.

Cheers!


On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Phil Spitl= er <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
If it was rendered to = Quicktime you can bring the QT into AE and hit CMD-E (edit original).
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That will load (or try to load) =C2=A0the AE project that cre= ated the QT.

We use this all the time and it amaze= s 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 bi= t buggy so I didn=E2=80=99t put it out into the world.

=
Phil


Phil Spitler=C2=A0 |=C2=A0 Creative Technologist |=C2=A0=C2= =A0Bonfire Labs=C2=A0 |=C2=A0 t :=C2=A0415.394.8200= =C2=A0 m :=C2=A0415.571.3139

Website=C2= =A0|=C2=A0Facebook=C2=A0|=C2=A0LinkedIn

On Nov 30, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Allen = Ellis <AE-L= ist@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 de= termine which project file created the .movs we have.

<= div>I remember that the source path is somewhere in the file, and that it w= asn't plainly vieweable with the rest of the XML metadata, but you some= how had to re-import your footage into After Effects and do some weird magi= c 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,



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