by Creative Impatience·Workflow
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Trim N Collect earns its place in the aescripts library as a script aimed squarely at the archive-and-exchange stage, covering trimming, transcoding, and collection together. Its long compatibility list, reaching back to CS6, lets it fit into established After Effects setups.
Trim N Collect is a script for After Effects that trims the media used in a project and prepares it for archive or exchange. It focuses on the cleanup and packaging steps, from trimming footage down to what the project uses through to collecting the results into an organized set of files.
The script transcodes image sequences, with the exception of EXR files, and transcodes OpenEXR sequences using template presets selected according to whether the footage carries an alpha channel. It can add handles, consolidate gaps, and automatically consolidate overlapping media, plus an option to skip transcoding full range media. Automatic folder creation and export scripts that set up a folder structure and establish project bit depth round out the packaging workflow.
Beyond transcoding, Trim N Collect can copy entire image sequences and OpenEXR sequences intact, manage trimmed footage, and collect Cinema 4D files without their dependencies. Customizable extensions for image sequences give control over output naming. A demo video is available on the developer's page.
Trim N Collect is best for preparing After Effects projects for archive or exchange by trimming, transcoding, and collecting the media they use.
Trim N Collect is completely free to download and use.
Trim N Collect runs on a wide range of After Effects releases, including After Effects 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, and CS6. If you work across older and newer installs, that spread means the script can slot into most existing After Effects pipelines without forcing an upgrade. Version 1.5 added OS X Catalina compatibility, so macOS users on that system are covered as well. Check the developer's page to confirm the current requirements for your setup before installing.
Trim N Collect handles image sequences and OpenEXR sequences differently. It transcodes image sequences with the exception of EXR files, while OpenEXR sequences are transcoded using template presets, chosen depending on whether the footage has an alpha channel. If you would rather keep sequences intact, the script can also copy entire image sequences and entire OpenEXR sequences instead of transcoding them. Customizable extensions for image sequences give further control over how those files are named on output.
Trim N Collect is listed as free here in the catalog. Because licensing terms can change over time, check the developer's page on aescripts for the current details before you download. The script uses the aescripts licensing framework, and version 1.5 updated that framework along with how preferences are saved. That change moved settings to save through the aescripts licensing framework, so licensing and preferences are tied together in recent builds of the script.
Trim N Collect version 1.5.3 was released on April 2, 2021, and its main change was a fix for locked layers. In earlier builds, locked layers could cause the script to hang; that issue is resolved in this version. The 1.5 series also introduced OS X Catalina compatibility and updated the licensing framework, with preferences now saved through the aescripts licensing framework. For a full rundown of earlier fixes and additions, the developer's page lists the complete changelog.
Trim N Collect can collect Cinema 4D files, though it does so without their dependencies. Alongside that, the script covers a broad set of media tasks: trimming footage used in a project, adding handles, consolidating gaps, and automatically consolidating overlapping media. It can also create folders automatically and run export scripts that set up a folder structure and establish project bit depth. Together these options make it suited to preparing a project for archive or exchange.
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