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script for exporting list of clips?
Hi Guys,
I’ve just done a rather large composite (a few hundred layers) and am in the process of making a list of files used (the comp has used low-rez jpgs, the source clips (in their high res form) are too large to have all of them sent to me (a couple of terabytes worth) so the list is for selected takes to send me.Making a list of shots used is fairly straight forward (just get AE to trim away all un-used items from the project), …the thing that would be great is if you selected a composition and could run a script to do a list of all layers and their in/out points, ….kind of like a basic edl but just listing the layers, no need for in/out on the timeline.
I haven’t dabbled in Scripting yet in AE, but was wondering 2 things, firstly if anyone has done this already, and secondly do you think it is possible (if so i might delve into the murky depths of AE scripting and give it a go).
Cheers,
andrew
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I have just had a very quick skim though the AE scripting PDF manual, and there is an example in there (file fun) that prompts you to load a project, then will write a txt file out that lists all the compositions in the project. This looks like i solid base for what I want to do. Anyone have any quick tips as to how to modify this to list layer source name and source in/out points?
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Thanks for the advice, ….I am used to using proxies (Shake is my other main application, and with film work you spend a lot of time using them in order to speed things up), …basically I’ve been given image sequences in order to build a rough offline but these image sequences have no keycode or timecode links to the source footage (at my end that is, they all kick off at 0000 frames), …my current cut list will now go back to the client, and they will match my frame numbers with some sort of key that ties those shots back to the original key-codes/timecodes/reels, …then DPX scans will be requested, and I will get those. I will also be doing the online in Shake, so really Proxies don’t work for what I am doing at this point.
As it is, its been quite quick doin this by hand, I’ve made a table of all source clips used (after reducing the project), and am now going through each pre-comp and main comp, registering the in and out points for each source clip (just double click each layer in turn and check the in/outs).
I think it will be an interesting exercise at some point to do a script, so yeah, will put that on the backburner until I have some time to dabble i think. 🙂
Cheers,
andrew
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Forgot to add, all these layers are present in one hit, ….it is a massive comp, basically like building a crowd and environment from hundreds of individual elements.
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