Embedding in AE
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- redefine
Hey guys,
as I've said before, I'm a newbie with AE, and was wondering if there is anyway to embed imported files into the actual AE file so that I can send it to someone else without having to worry about linking issues or sending the actual files. Kind of like embedding stuff in AI.
Thanks!
- chossy0
No.
- chossy0
It's just a case of good house keeping. Every new job new folder put everything into that folder it's simple really. I do see where you are coming from but it wold double disk space and it would have to transcode everything and copy eveything you have imported, for HD jobs and some complex TV jobs it really isn'y viable due to the masses of data involved and the time it would take to remake the files, however it would be a nice option to chose collect and copy all data to work path or something like that so if it just jpgs and stills you can have that option but really the way it works is fine you just have to be a nice tidy neat person. Ye dick.
- babaganush0
Why don't you just collect the project? It'll be big but all the links will work. Just send a DVD.
Also if you select your comps in the project window and go to 'reduce file size' it will get rid of unwanted shit before it collects.
- meffid0
I'm guessing it's the same as 'package' in InDesign.
- Serhat0
yeah collecting is the way to do it but before collecting make sure u did "Remove Unused Footage" & "Reduce Project" under File menu to save some space...
- babaganush0
Yep. As Serhat says. Quite straightforward really. Try typing 'collect' into the AE help.
- redefine0
Sweet, thanks guys!
- chossy0
I have never used the collect function cheifly cause I create a new folder and put everything associated with that project into that folder, it is a good feature though as it collects things for messy people, however I couldn't wait for that to happen as people have no patience these days, so I just drag the folder to a hard drive when they want a copy of something, honestly people sometimes ask me why it takes an hour to digitize a tape that is an hour long.
- babaganush0
Man! I assume that's idiotic clients? If it's someone you work with it should definitely be a sackable offence!
- chossy0
You have no idea mate, I started as a tape to tape editor a while ago right and this is a fucking classic..
I was editing a pitch together for a client it was really simple just one ad after another, but it was very rushed time was important so I used the tape to tape suite as this would be the quickest way of getting a master together, so I compiled the master for her then she went off. She complained how it took longer than a non linear suite would have taken so I wrote back to her and told her about time and physics and how could it possibly take longer?.... you see as play the tape once it recorded a master, if I digitise the tape I still have to play it out again taking twice the time it would for me to do it tape to tape.!!!!!.