I found a very significant cross platform issue with Zorro. When a project is created and tagged with Zorro on one platform, say Mac, and then that same project is opened on Windows, the bullets that are used to identify tags don’t get properly translated. This is an unfortunate side effect of the many cross platform issues that exist when sharing project cross platform but the good news is that there is a simple fix.

First, tthe tag prefix is changing from the bullet to an asterisk.

Second, to be able to continue working with legacy projects which have already been tagged using the bullet prefix download the Zorro-Tag Prefix Changer.jsx script below that will convert legacy projects from the bullet to the asterisk. I also put together a video tutorial to show you how to do it:

Video Mirror in case embedded video is not working

Lastly make sure you download the new version of Zorro to work with asterisk and be cross-platform compatible.

Download: Zorro-Tag Prefix Changer.jsx (Requires After Effects CS3 or higher)

Download: Zorro-The Layer Tagger (Requires After Effects CS3 or higher)