Import multiple files and create a comp for each one

[David Conklin]

If you’re able to collect all of the files you want to import into a folder, extend script has a ‘Folder’ object which you can use to import multiple files. We can do this by following the steps below:

1. Have user select folder.
2. Check that folder exists.
3. Get the files from the folder.
4. Make sure there were files.
5. Loop through each file and perform some action on it (import it).

I’ve written a little script that gets all files from a folder and prints their name. You can, of course, change the name-printing bit to the import script you have already written.

If you’re looking for some additional control, you can use a ‘filter’ when running Folder.getFiles() to control what type of files you get (only MOVs, only PSDs, PSDs and MOVs, etc). Simply feed it an argument like “*.psd” to only get files with the .PSD extension.

Here’s the script:
(function importFilesFromFolder(){
app.beginUndoGroup("Import files from folder");

var fldr = Folder.selectDialog("Choose a folder of files to import");
if(fldr==null) return;

var files = fldr.getFiles("*.jsx");
if (files.length == 0) return;

for each (var file in files){
$.writeln(file.fsName)
}

app.endUndoGroup();
})();

Good luck!

David Conklin
Motion Designer

[Borja Tierra]

Thank you David!

Esto funciona bien, no estoy usando la parte de carpeta en este momento porque prefiero importar los archivos uno por uno, pero gracias de todos modos. Comparto mi guión final si es útil a alguien.

var myfile = app.project.importFileWithDialog();
var myText = app.project.items.addComp( "text", 1080, 1920, myfile[0].pixelAspect,myfile[0].duration,myfile[0].frameRate);

for (var i = 0; i < myfile.length; i++){

var myComp = app.project.items.addComp( myfile[i].name, myfile[i].width, myfile[i].height, myfile[i].pixelAspect,myfile[i].duration,myfile[i].frameRate);
var nameComp = myfile[i].name
var newObj = myComp.layers.add(myfile[i]);

var format;

//COMP LANDSCAPE
format = nameComp.indexOf("landscape");
if (format != -1) {
var addText = myComp.layers.add(myText);//adds myfile to mycomp
myComp.layer("text").rotation.setValueAtTime(0,-90);
myComp.layer("text").position.setValue([1180,540]);
}

var myRender = app.project.renderQueue.items.add(myComp);

}

[Borja Tierra]

Sorry for the spanish translation:

This works well, I’m not using the folder part right now because I prefer to import the files one by one, but thanks anyway. I share my final script if useful to someone.

var myfile = app.project.importFileWithDialog();
var myText = app.project.items.addComp( "text", 1080, 1920, myfile[0].pixelAspect,myfile[0].duration,myfile[0].frameRate);

for (var i = 0; i < myfile.length; i++){

var myComp = app.project.items.addComp( myfile[i].name, myfile[i].width, myfile[i].height, myfile[i].pixelAspect,myfile[i].duration,myfile[i].frameRate);
var nameComp = myfile[i].name
var newObj = myComp.layers.add(myfile[i]);

var format;

//COMP LANDSCAPE
format = nameComp.indexOf("landscape");
if (format != -1) {
var addText = myComp.layers.add(myText);//adds myfile to mycomp
myComp.layer("text").rotation.setValueAtTime(0,-90);
myComp.layer("text").position.setValue([1180,540]);
}

var myRender = app.project.renderQueue.items.add(myComp);

}