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Script to import footage’s folder in a Composition.
Hi guys, I was trying (helping with some past thread) to write a script to import an entire folder’s footage in my composition, but for now i’m only be able to import a single file in my project (and not in composition), can someone help me?
This is the code that I wrote:
var path = "D:/MYFILEPATH/MYFILE.MOV";
var io = new ImportOptions(File(path));
var proj = app.project;
proj.importFile(io)How can I convert this to import all folder’s file and insert it in a specified Comp?
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What’s your familiarity with scripting?
Your code imports only a single file, D:/MYFILEPATH/MYFILE.MOV, because that’s all that you specify.
Without writing the code, here’s a rough list of the steps you have to take:
– Select a folder
– Get a list of all the files in the folder
– Step through the list and import each file into the project, saving a list of the project items you import
– Create or locate a comp
– Add new layers to the comp using the list of new project items as the sourcesWalter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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I don’t need to determine the order; the lenght and the framerate are pre-set (the footages are some shots of football players on green screen).
I only need to know if there is an expression/script that, in case, I could apply to display or not the layers if their filename match with text.
What I would do is to create a template where I only need to put the file in my directory and write the filename on my text layer to display it.
(Now I used to apply to every footage an opacity’s expressions to display it in case the name match)So I thinked to this solution.
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Not so much familiarity, i’m trying in these day to experiment with expressions and scripts.
I know that my code imports only a single file, but I don’t know how to change the path to import all folder files (if I don’t write “MYFILE.MOV” at the end of the path, it give me path’s error).
I will try to follow your instruction.
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[Dario De Angelis] “Not so much familiarity, i’m trying in these day to experiment with expressions and scripts.”
The CS6 scripting guide is a tremendous resource:
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/aftereffects.htmlFor your specific task here, take a look at the “Smart Import.jsx” script that ships with After Effects.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
@keenlive | RenderBreak [blog] | Profile [LinkedIn]
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