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dparsons85
dparsons85
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January 28, 2020
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Import AE project into another but not duplicate media

  • January 28, 2020
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Is it possible to import an AE project into another but prevent it from bringing in duplicate media?


Here's my problem: I had a lot of videos that needed a textless version so to save time and keep the project file size low I just duplicated the final project, renamed it to xxx_Textless.aep, and removed all the text. Recently though, my employer issued a new method of archiving projects which require the texted and textless versions be within the same AE project.


How would you go about merging these projects while making sure there's no duplicate media?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

 There’s no automatic way to do that. You can remove unused footage, but that won’t always clear out duplicate links. The easiest thing to do might be to just change the name of the folder where the original assets are kept so all of the footage shows missing. The next step would be to just re-link all of the missing footage.

 

Maybe someone could write a script that would do that. One might even already exist but I haven’t got time to look for it.

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Roland Kahlenberg
Roland Kahlenberg
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January 29, 2020

When both versions are in a single AEP, use File > Dependencies > Consolidate All Footage. This removes redundancies associated with source files.

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    dj.summitt
    dj.summitt
    Inspiring
    January 28, 2020

    Quickest way I know would be offline all the video then reconnect. 

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      Andrew270880179m41
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      June 14, 2023

      This is the actual correct answer.

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      Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      January 28, 2020

       There’s no automatic way to do that. You can remove unused footage, but that won’t always clear out duplicate links. The easiest thing to do might be to just change the name of the folder where the original assets are kept so all of the footage shows missing. The next step would be to just re-link all of the missing footage.

       

      Maybe someone could write a script that would do that. One might even already exist but I haven’t got time to look for it.

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