Aescripts pt_opensesame v1.75 Free Download

May 1, 2023 2 Min Read

OpenSesame opens up the After Effects project format, using a fully editable, human-readable text based format.

Create backwards compatible projects that open in any version back to CS3, or just export parts of a project for editing in a text editor or spreadsheet. Quickly export all text to create multiple language versions, or send to clients for text approval, then easily incorporate any changes. You can also change footage, property values, render queue items and more, making version automation simple.

OpenSesame text files can also be used with OpenSesame Server to create fully automated project versioning and rendering workflows.

Workflow

Run OpenSesame, check ‘Export Editable Values’ and click ‘Show Edit List’. Use the Edit List to add the parts of the project you want to export for editing. For example, click ‘All Text’ to add all the text layers in your project. Choose whether to export just the text or also text styles from the options at the bottom.
Click ‘Export Project’. You’ll be asked to save your project file and a text values file will be created along with it.
Open the text file in either a text editor or spreadsheet app like Excel and edit as required. Once completed, save the file in the same format. Save as many versions as you like, the naming of the text file is not important.
Click ‘Import Project’ button and select the text file containing the changes you want to import.

Workflow

Open the project you want to convert, run OpenSesame and click Export Project. If you don’t have the version of After Effects required to open the project you should get someone else to do this first step, such as the person that created the project. They can use the trial version of OpenSesame for this.
Launch your earlier version of After Effects (CS3 or later) and run OpenSesame. Click Import Project, then choose the previously exported text file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some parts of projects can’t be exported due to scripting limitations. The following features aren’t currently supported:

Paint, Rotobrush and Puppet Pin effects.
Text style support is CS4+ only and doesn’t include features like kerning, vertical and paragraph text, or multiple text styles on one layer.
Proxies.
Custom data values. Effect properties with custom data values can’t be exported, such as the Levels Histogram and the Hue/Saturation effect. In these cases you could use the Levels (Individual Controls) and Color Balance (HLS) effects instead.