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ProjectInfoListExporter
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Simply put, Project Info List Exporter (ProjectI.L.E. for short) is a handy script that will allow you to export a document listing of your After Effects project assets.
Why use this instead of the built in “Collect” feature of After Effects? Well, Project Info List Exporter gives you options to actually customize your list allowing you to export a list of ONLY the missing files in your project as well as a list of just stills, comps, videos, audio or any combination you choose. You can even list every asset in your entire project if need be.
Labels options:
You can label assets by type…
- Folders
- Comps
- Videos
- Stills
- Audio
Info options:
You can add asset info like…
- Missing
- File path location of asset
- Comments you’ve made on asset in the Project panel
- Missing Only option: Export only the missing assets in your project
File Formats:
You can export your list as…
- Text File
- Tab Delimited File
- Comma Delimited File (.csv)
NOTE: A spreadsheet application, like Excel, is required to view tab delimited (.txt) or comma delimited (.csv) files correctly.
List Header:
All list exports will have a header that includes…
- Project file name
- Version of After Effects currently used at time of export
- Version of operating system currently used at time of export
- The date and time of export
- A legend key will also appear if any of the “Label” or “Info” options are used
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- Document CSV
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- Export Options GUI
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- Export File Formats
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- Main Window GUI
Version History
- 1.0 Initial Release (Feb 2010)
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Hi David – i have a specific script request for something similar, can you pls tell me where to write you a quick mail? thx!
Hi Dana,
You can contact me through my primary website’s contact page. SydeFxInk (dot) com
Hi,
I was wondering if after effects had a feature to automatically launch scripts on save.
Like the Startup folder, it will be very handy to launch your script while saving a project.
Anyway, great script, it saves times, and useful when you don’t have time to open a project.
cheers
Sorry Meloon, there is no built-in option for that as far as I am aware of. Scripting does however offer a method to listen for keyboard events. I haven’t played with those yet, but it might be possible to have it listen for the “Save” shortcut keys I imagine.
Glad to hear it is coming in handy for your work.
Hi, i was just wondering if it is also possible to export the text layer content in the compositions with this script.
so that i can get a external .txt/excel file with the compositions and the texts layer that are in them.
i basically want to change text outside after effects. is this even possible with text layers?
if so, and its not included in this script, can you perhaps make it for me in the future (email me your expected hours/rate please)
Hi Erik,To answer the last part of your question, yes, you can change and import text from outside After Effects via scripting and/or expressions. Harry Frank has an old tutorial around about using expressions for this, but I don’t know the link off hand. Try Googling for it. As far as the first part of your question, I am actually in the process of a major overhaul on AE ProjectI.L.E. I will be giving a serious amount of access to lots of project information. Text layers are included in this as well as the source text used in those layers. It will be awhile before I get it into a beta ready phase as I started work on it only a few weeks ago, but I am pushing to get it ready for a 2011 release barring any serious issues.
I was looking into this exact issue, have you made any progress on this?
-Edward
Hi David,
This is a great script. I have one feature request if possible. I would love to export the video file names in a composition with In and Out frame numbers starting at 0 into a spreadsheet. I use this information to track in mocha and SynthEyes on an almost daily basis. I currently use this script for the filenames and then I type the frame numbers in manually.
So, basically it’s a an EDL. EDLs and XMLs use timecode whereas most VFX artists use frames.
Looking forward to your overhaul.
Thanks,
Dan