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May 5, 2023
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Any tips on organising within projects?

  • May 5, 2023
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I find it quite easy to be swamped with compositions, assets, etc (within the AE project itself). I've been trying a file organisation system with folders but any other advice?

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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May 5, 2023

I have a standard filing system for all projects. It migrates to the After Effects Project panel. Folders for the appropriate assets, Folders for Nested comps (Pre-comps), folders for Footage, and the folders contain the same Project/Number/date/scene/ format I've been using since I shot my first documentary a very long time ago.  

Come up with your own filing system, make notes, and stick to it. 

 

Most importantly, if you have 90 effects shots in 20 scenes in a movie, make 20 AE projects and save them in the appropriate folder. Keep the projects simple, and use consistent folder structures for assets. Then you will be playing in the same game the major studios have been using for more than a hundred years. 

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May 6, 2023
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I have a standard filing system for all projects. It migrates to the After Effects Project panel. Folders for the appropriate assets, Folders for Nested comps (Pre-comps), folders for Footage, and the folders contain the same Project/Number/date/scene/ format I've been using since I shot my first documentary a very long time ago.  

Come up with your own filing system, make notes, and stick to it. 

 

Most importantly, if you have 90 effects shots in 20 scenes in a movie, make 20 AE projects and save them in the appropriate folder. Keep the projects simple, and use consistent folder structures for assets. Then you will be playing in the same game the major studios have been using for more than a hundred years. 


By @Rick Gerard

What about the linking issue? When I used linked files Premiere needs to have the AE project opened at the time to be able to read it, if they're split across more than more AE project I won't be able to render. Is there a way to prevent needing a live link all the time? Feels like I'm missing a trick here.

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Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
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May 8, 2023

AE and Premiere Pro CC 2023. When I'm using linked comps I get the missing media bars if AE is not open.


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It is unexpected that After Effects would find the source footage that's used in the After Effects project, but Premiere Pro via Dynamic Link would not.   It sounds like something is going on with the file paths.

 

Is everything for the overall project in the same folder and sub-folders?  That is, let's say you're working on a project about the best beaches to visit in May.  The project folder would be named "Beaches" and inside that there would be a folder for Premiere Pro project files, a folder for After Effects project files, a folder for source footage, and a folder for exports.

 

If you follow this or something similar, Dynamic Link should find source footage as expected.

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