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November 25, 2013
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Where is saved the Preference for "Write XMP IDs to Files on Import"?

  • November 25, 2013
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Hello,

In a Jsx, I test if the "CreateLayerMarkersFromFootageXMP" is activated in the AE preferences with:

app.preferences.getPrefAsBool( "Metadata", "CreateLayerMarkersFromFootageXMP" );

But I cannot do the same for this one:

"Write XMP IDs to Files on Import", which is also in the Preference Panel, but not saved in the Preference files I think.

Or if it's saved in, where? And how can I check it in ExtendedScript?

Thanks.

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Legend
December 10, 2013

It appears that the Metadata section only carries that one pref it seems.

["Metadata"]

          "CreateLayerMarkersFromFootageXMP" = 01

The only other XMP prefs I've found in the AE CC files are:

"Adobe After Effects 12.1 Prefs.txt"

["Metadata"]

          "Strip project XMP history from rendered output" = 00

          "Strip project XMP history from saved projects" = 00

["XMP Writing"]

          "Maximum retries" = "5"

          "Seconds between retries" = "1.000000"

"Adobe After Effects 12.1 Prefs-indep-general.txt"

["Metadata"]

          "CreateLayerMarkersFromFootageXMP" = 01

Todd_Kopriva
Inspiring
December 11, 2013

It's stored in a shared MediaCore preferences file, since it affects Premiere Pro and other applications, too.