Collect footage breaks links to layers within PSD
I have a project which was built by creating a series of layered Photoshop storyboard files for approval, then importing the PSDs as comps, making the text layers live text and then animating.
With the project complete I'm now trying to collect all of the component parts so I can archive it but I'm having a problem with the collect files function. If I look in the collected folder, the required PSD files are in place, but within the collected project file all of the individual layers references are still linked to the original files -- so if I rename the original master folder and open the collected project, it complains of a large number of missing items.
Is this a bug? Is there some part of the process I'm missing, or is this just how the collect footage function works with layered PSDs and I have to manually relink the layers each time?
Cheers,
Keith
Szalam, this is unlikely to be the same problem as the Mac OS event handler issue we are seeing with Collect Files, where not moving the mouse avoids an event collision. In that case the user should receive an error message that makes the problem very obvious. Doesn't sound to be the case here.
TheAnorak, best thing at this point would be for you to post a project (before collecting) and at least one PSD file that we could try to repro the problem with. Screenshots of the Project panel of the before and after states, the Collect Files dialog, and the resulting collected files would also be useful.
My suspicion is that you are encountering some unexpected condition that Collect Files doesn't account for, but we don't yet know the full condition of your project.
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function applyExpression(){
// begin an Undo group
app.beginUndoGroup("apply Expressions");
// check if a comp is active
var curComp = app.project.activeItem;
if (!curComp || !(curComp instanceof CompItem))
alert("Please select a Composition.");
return;
// get the selection
var theSelection = curComp.selectedLayers;
// you could use this for a null within the workarea
//var theController = curComp.addNull(curComp.workAreaDuration);
// add a null object to the comp for the slider controls
var theController = curComp.layers.addNull();
// make a unique name for the null. dont use the date its just a reminder
theController.name = prompt("Enter an unique name for the controller Null Object", "control_"+ Date().toString());
// loop thru selection
for (var layerId = 0; layerId < theSelection.length; layerId++)
var layer = theSelection[layerId];
// get the number of layers within the layer
// -1 because
// layers start at index 1 frames start at 0 Frames
// Thnx Dan for the word ".source."
var theNumber = parseInt(layer.source.numLayers -1);
// add a slider control to the null obj.
var theSliderEffect = theController("ADBE Effect Parade").addProperty("ADBE Slider Control");
// change the name of the slider to something usefull
theSliderEffect.name = layer.name + "_cntrl_" + layerId;
// this is for the timeremapping to make em all hold keyframes
var holdInt = KeyframeInterpolationType.HOLD;
// get the timeremapping property and enable it
var property = layer.property("ADBE Time Remapping");
layer.timeRemapEnabled = true;
// set all keyframes to hold
for (var i = 1; i <= property.numKeys; i++){
property.setInterpolationTypeAtKey(i, holdInt, holdInt);
// remove the last keyframe. dont need it
property.removeKey(property.numKeys);
// check if the property can take expressions
// dont need it. but i need more checking
if (!property.canSetExpression) { continue }
// apply the expression with
//the name of the slider
// the name of the control null
// and the number of layers within the comps
property.expression = exprString(theSliderEffect.name, theController.name, theNumber);
app.endUndoGroup();
// this function builds the expression string
function exprString(inEffName, inControllerName,inNum){
// the name of the effect
var theEffName = inEffName;
// the name of the control null obj
var theCntrlName = inControllerName;
// the number of layers within the timeremapped comps
var theNumber = inNum;
// the expr will be something like this: !!watch out german expression!! (replace "Schieberegler" with "Slider Control"):
// this expression remaps the frame number within the comp to values from the slider
// val = Math.floor(thisComp.layer("control").effect("MovementControl")("Schieberegler"))*thisComp .frameDuration;
//if (Math.floor(thisComp.layer("control").effect("MovementControl")("Schieberegler")) < 0){val =0;
//}if (Math.floor(thisComp.layer("control").effect("MovementControl")("Schieberegler")) > 3){val =3* thisComp.frameDuration;
// build the string with the variables from the selection
var theString = "val = Math.floor(thisComp.layer(\"" + theCntrlName + "\").effect(\"" + theEffName +"\")(\"Schieberegler\"))*thisComp.frameDuration;\n"+
" if (Math.floor(thisComp.layer(\"" + theCntrlName + "\").effect(\""+ theEffName +"\")(\"Schieberegler\")) < 0){val =0;\n"+
" }if (Math.floor(thisComp.layer(\"" + theCntrlName + "\").effect(\""+ theEffName +"\")(\"Schieberegler\")) > "+theNumber+"){val ="+theNumber+"* thisComp.frameDuration;\n }" ;
// and return the string
return theString;
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