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Automating replacing source in sequences using sequences from another folder
I am in the process of trying to write a script that will automate a very tedious process, but I have hit a wall. Essentially, I have two folders with identical amount of sequences with identical names. I want the script to replace layer 8 within the first sequence of the folder titled “names”, with the first item (a sequence) in the folder titled “photos” and iterate through all of the sequences doing this same process. I have written scripts that can iterate through items within a folder, but I am have issues with how After Effects defines and searches through multiple folders. Any thoughts on how to achieve this?
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For anyone trying to do a similar process… This is very specific to my project, but I got it to work.
// Get the first folder in the root of the project
var rootFolder = app.project.rootFolder.items[1];
// Assume you have two folders inside the root folder
var firstFolder = rootFolder.items[1];
var secondFolder = rootFolder.items[2];
// Check if the folders are valid
if (firstFolder instanceof FolderItem && secondFolder instanceof FolderItem) {
// Get the sequences in the second folder
var sequencesInSecondFolder = secondFolder.items;
// Iterate through sequences in the first folder
var sequencesInFirstFolder = firstFolder.items;
for (var i = 1; i <= sequencesInFirstFolder.length; i++) {
var currentSequenceInFirstFolder = sequencesInFirstFolder[i];
// Check if the current sequence is valid
if (currentSequenceInFirstFolder instanceof CompItem) {
// Open the current sequence in the viewer
currentSequenceInFirstFolder.openInViewer();
// Get the corresponding sequence in the second folder
var correspondingSequenceInSecondFolder = sequencesInSecondFolder[i];
// Check if the corresponding sequence is valid
if (correspondingSequenceInSecondFolder instanceof CompItem) {
// Replace layer 8 with the corresponding sequence
var layerToReplaceIndex = 8; // Adjust index if needed
var layerToReplace = currentSequenceInFirstFolder.layer(layerToReplaceIndex);
if (layerToReplace) {
layerToReplace.replaceSource(correspondingSequenceInSecondFolder, false);
} else {
alert(“Layer 8 not found in the current sequence.”);
}
} else {
alert(“No valid corresponding sequence found in the second folder for the current sequence in the first folder.”);
}
} else {
alert(“No valid sequence found in the first folder at index ” + i);
}
}
} else {
alert(“Invalid folder structure in the project.”);
}
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