I wrote this a long time ago for myself but thought I’d clean it up a bit and shove it somewhere in case someone else finds it useful.
I get a lot of AAFs from Avid, which always tacks its “.Exported.01” garbage onto the end of the sequence names. This just renames your sequences to remove it so you don’t have to manually rename a dozen sequences one by one yourself.
Place in /opt/Autodesk/shared/python/ and use by selecting a library, reel, or folder containing sequences (or manually select any individual sequences), right-click and go to Project Tools > Strip Avid Crap.
Note that it only goes 1 level deep so it won’t go crazy if accidentally let loose on a library; That is, the sequences must be in the root level of the selected library/reel/folder.
I conformed 9 timelines the other day with all the clip names with Avid .sync.## garbage on them, it was driving me crazy! I had to stop and do something about it…
This is brilliant and sped up all my conforms, but I just found it doesn’t work on my flame anymore. I’m now on 2024.2.1
Does the script need an update, or is this a me problem?
Is it not showing up for you, or just not working when you run it? If so, does anything appear in the Flame status area (the double up arrows at the bottom left of the screen)
‘Project Tools’ doesn’t show up on the menu anymore. My colleagues have also noticed some other python hooks are no longer available, so I suspect this is just an IT permissions issue within the company. I’ll update if there’s any relevant news.
