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August 11, 2022
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Reduce project and collect files with automation blocks possible?

  • August 11, 2022
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Hello there,

does anyone know, if File - Dependencies - Reduce Project, and  Collect Files is possible with automation blocks? And if not, are there plans for functions like this in the future?

 

Cheers,

Wolfgang

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Harold Silva
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2022

Hola lo que tienes que usar son scripts de terceros en este caso encontraras muchos en AESCRIPTS.COM

 

Harold Silva B.
Mathias Moehl
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2022

Hi Wolfgang,

you have two options:

1. you can execute a menu command with Automation Blocks. This will do exactly the same as if you click on "Reduce Project" or "Collect Files" in the menu manually (including the dialogs that show up)

2. if you need more detailed control, you would need to implement the logic yourself. So for Collect Files, you could create a loop, which iterates over all footage project items, copies their files to your desired target locations and and replaces the source file of the project items by the new files.

Do you just want the default collect and reduce behaviors or do you need any more customized behavior?

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
Participant
August 12, 2022

Hi Mathias,
thank you for your answer!
Just the dafault execution would be good enough

Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2022

I'd reach out to the developer on https://aescripts.com/contact/

Mathias Moehl
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2022

Yes, usually this is the best way to contact me. But for Automation Blocks I encourage discussions here in the forum, such that also other users can find the answers.

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects