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AfterEffects: support for workfile template builder (#5163)
* OP-5661 - added new menu item to AE extension

* OP-5661 - added support for addPlaceholder into extension

* OP-5661 - fix broken abstract loader

In some cases discover couldn't recognize that base plugin is abstract. Handled properly

* OP-5661 - WIP of implementing workfile template builder

* OP-5661 - added route to add placeholder

* OP-5661 - added route to build workfile

* OP-5661 - refactored arguments

* OP-5661 - implemented build workfile operation

moved from wrong position

* OP-5661 - removed wrong base plugin

* OP-5661 - implemented update placeholder logic

* OP-5661 - fix update placeholder metadata

* OP-5661 - added Creator placeholder plugin

* OP-5661 - pre_create_data could be passed into Creator

This allow to modify `pre_create_data` before automatically creating an instance. (Useful for overridding defaults.)

* OP-5661 - implemented populate of Create placeholder

* OP-5661 - implemented import of template

* OP-5661 - fix to populate correct create placeholder

Implemented function to select item(s) by their id. (CreateRender expects selected composition.)

* OP-5661 - fix workfile builder schema to multiplatform path

Path should be separated by platform.

* OP-5661 - implemented adding loaded items instead of placeholders

* OP-5661 - add Create Placeholder plugin to dropdown

* OP-5661 - add templated workfile to Settings

* OP-5661 - fix to choose template file from multiplatform

* OP-5661 - added documentation
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admin_hosts_aftereffects AfterEffects Settings AfterEffects

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AfterEffects settings

There is a couple of settings that could configure publishing process for AfterEffects. All of them are Project based, eg. each project could have different configuration.

Location: Settings > Project > AfterEffects

AfterEffects Project Settings

Publish plugins

Validate Scene Settings

Skip Resolution Check for Tasks

Set regex pattern(s) to look for in a Task name to skip resolution check against values from DB.

Skip Timeline Check for Tasks

Set regex pattern(s) to look for in a Task name to skip frameStart, frameEnd check against values from DB.

AfterEffects Submit to Deadline

  • Use Published scene - Set to True (green) when Deadline should take published scene as a source instead of uploaded local one.
  • Priority - priority of job on farm
  • Primary Pool - here is list of pool fetched from server you can select from.
  • Secondary Pool
  • Frames Per Task - number of sequence division between individual tasks (chunks) making one job on farm.

Worfkile Builder

Obsolete way how to present artist with a template when they are working on new task.

Templated Workfile Build Settings

This more advanced way allows creating more elaborate workfile templates with placeholders for loaded items or to create publishable item via Creator.

Workfile template must be prepared separately via Tray and in the host, then its location could be set for combination of:

  • Task types (specific template for animation, different for layout etc.)
  • Task names (regex supported )

Additional options:

  • Keep placeholders - when template gets populated should placeholders be deleted? (In most cases yes.)
  • Create first version - if template should be used and populated for version v001 of a workfile automatically