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Cow Update: File Management in AE

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I know it sounds basic, but I’ve been surprised to see how many talented animators get tripped up by the archival process in After Effects. So, in this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to archive a project with shared assets using the consolidate footage and collect Files commands.

Watch it here. And let me know what you think!

 

  1. Cody Redmer Jul 28th 2009

    Loved how the dude gets split wide open! Rock on Carl!…good tutorial too!

  2. Carl Jul 29th 2009

    Thanks, Cody. I gotta do what I can to spice up a fairly mundane topic. :)

  3. ahmed zeeny Oct 19th 2009

    Hi carl. it’s really save time tut. i’m one of your fans .

    i had this problem . i accidentally worked on tow Copy of on big project and i did some effects on some shots . my question is can i import the second file and draw the Solids in the main project and delete the rest of the project .. is there specific to do so ?.

    sorry for bothering you but i didn’t find better person than you

    thanks a lot carl

  4. Carl Oct 20th 2009

    Ahmed –

    To reconcile the projects, open either of the two files, import the copy into the open project, move things around to the way you want them, and then use the reduce project function.

    If you want to be extra cautious, you could start with a blank project, import both files into it, and then do the reduction. That way you’ll never overwrite your originals and always be able to go back to what you had.

    Thanks for commenting!

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