AEP Version Updater v1.6.3
Download AEP Version Updater V1.6.3, an essential After Effects script that batch-updates old AEP project files to make them compatible with newer versions of After Effects. This powerful tool solves the common problem of being unable to open legacy project files in modern AE versions, allowing you to rescue “old but gold” projects and maintain asset libraries with just one click.
Batch updates the version of AEP files to make them future-version compatible. NEW: TurboMatic Mode and anti-crash system.
Key Features of AEP Version Updater V1.6.3:
- One-Click Interface: Simple, intuitive panel for effortless operation
- Batch Conversion: Select and update multiple files or entire folders and subfolders without annoying dialog boxes
- TurboMatic Renaming: Optimizes batch updates by removing unnecessary items from the queue, increasing processing speed up to 90x faster
- Stubborn Item List: New anti-crash system that identifies and helps process problematic files that fail on first attempt
- Log Generation: Automatically creates reports detecting incompatible items such as corrupted AEPs or files that are too old
- Safety Options: Choose to keep original files, overwrite them, or add custom suffixes to updated versions
- Detection System: Identifies and reports incompatible items like corrupted files or versions too old to convert
- Interruption Recovery: If process is interrupted, continue exactly where you left off without reprocessing completed files
- Resume Capability: “Ignore updated files” checkbox skips files updated in the last 7 days for efficient interrupted scan continuation
Perfect For:
- Motion graphics artists with large legacy project libraries
- Studios migrating old client projects to current AE versions
- Editors needing to access template files created in older AE releases
- Anyone maintaining extensive AEP asset collections
System Requirements:
- Adobe After Effects 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS
- 4GB RAM minimum (8GB+ recommended)
- 50MB available disk space
- Must enable “Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network” in Preferences
Note: Avoid using Chinese-language version of After Effects as expressions may cause errors. English version recommended for optimal performance . Very old AEP files (e.g., version 6.0) will only open if your AE installation can open them natively .
It opens and updates version of AEP files Automatically and in batch.
Did you know that very old AEP projects won’t open in very new versions of After Effects?
Update them to the latest version and keep them out of limbo with just 1 click!
Those incredible projects of yours, old but gold. Or your asset libraries with thousands of
AEP assets.
Features
- Simple to use
Just one click simple interface - Batch convertion updating
Select and update multiple files or entire folders and subfolders without being interrupted by annoying dialog boxes. - TurboMatic Renaming
A incredible tool developed to optimize the batch update of job projects, up to 90x faster. - Don’t waste time
If the process is interrupted in the middle, continue exactly where you left off. Avoid wasting time by not processing files that have already been updated. - Security
You can keep or overwrite the original files security. - Organization
You can add a custom suffix to updated files if you want. - Detection of incompatible files
Detects and reports when incompatible items are found. Such as corrupted AEP or too old versions. - Log Generation
Automatically generates reports that detect and list incompatible items found. - Don’t leave any items out
With the Logging tools and the new ‘Stubborn Item List’, you can process all compatible items. Even the stubborn ones.
Usage:
- Choose between Folder or Files tab. Here you can choose between updating selected AEP files or an entire folder.
- In the first button, you can select AEP files or a folder containing AEP files.
- With the second button, you start the process of updating the chosen items.
- The fourth button is used to Quickly check whether there are still outdated items in the chosen folder.
More:
- In Folder tab, by checking the ‘Include subfolders’ box, all AEP files contained in subfolders will also be processed.
- With the ‘Ignore updated files’ checkbox checked, all files updated in the last 7 days will be considered updated and therefore ignored. This allows an interrupted scan to be continued from where it left off, optimizing time.
- By checking the ‘Overwrite original AEP files’ box, updated items will overwrite the original files. But unchecking will generate new files with the same name with a suffix of your choice. Without modifying the original files.
How it works:
After selecting the items, the script will open, save and close all AEP files sequentially until the last one. At the end, the files will be updated to the same version as your After Effects installation.
This process can be performed manually, delicate, difficult and too tedious. And there are better things to you do with your time. Let it do for you, with one click.
About Log analysis:
When checking the ‘Create Log’ box, a TXT file will be created in the root of the selected folder containing information about the last processed file. Useful for identifying very problematic AEP files that interrupt processing. These files should be avoided before processing the containing folder again. For example, rename the extension from .AEP to .AEP-problem.
About ⭐NEW⭐ Turbomatic Renaming:
TurboMatic Renaming is an incredible tool developed to optimize the batch update of job projects. It has the function of removing all unnecessary items from the queue and keeping only the important ones. This way, optimizing the update by up to 90x. These items have their file extensions renamed from .aep to .aep-old, in a non-destructive way. The renamed files are: All AEP files that are not the last numbered version file and also any AEP file contained in AE autosave folders and folders ending in _AME (Adobe Media Encoder temporary folder). It is very safe to use. It always works by scanning subfolders. Recommended ONLY for Job projects. NOT recommended for asset libraries. The Revert box is used to reverse the rename, if necessary.
About ⭐NEW⭐ Stubborn Item List:
This list contains compatible items that are not updated on the first attempt. There are several actions that can be used to update these items. If stubborn items are detected, a yellow alert icon (⚠️) will appear. Click the button next to it to see the list.
ACTIONS:
Refresh List Updates the list, removing already updated items (folders ended with .aep also).
Selected Item:
Reveal Source File Reveals the selected file in explorer/finder.
Force to Update Open and force to update the selected item. Very efficient. Manual interaction is required to close some dialog windows.
Remove Removes the selected item from the list. (Does not delete the file).
Rename Extension Renames the selected file extension from .AEP to .AEP_PROBLEM. This prevents this item from being processed again by the script. Recommended for problematic items.
List:
Force to Update All Similar to Force to Update. But processes entire list. Manual interaction is required to close a lot of dialog windows.
Clear List Removes all items from the list. (Does not delete the files).
Tutorial
Known issues:
- The “Ignore updated files” function does not work if your After Effects is not in English.
- AEP file conversion time varies depending on the content of each file. But it’s the same time it would take if you opened and saved manually. The difference is that this script does this work automatically.
- Incompatible items: Files that your system cannot open manually will also not be opened by this script. These items will not be modified nor will new AEP files be created from them.
- Stubborn items are files that the script fails to update on the first attempt. This is usually because these items display a missing item warning window. This could be a missing font, footage, or plugin (missing or outdated). Folders ending in .aep are also listed as stubborn. However, the refresh button automatically removes them.
- Windows and MacOS operating systems support a maximum of 250 characters for file paths (file, folder and subfolder names combined). Therefore, if there are AEP items that are close to this limit, they will be counted as incompatible and will not be updated.
- Dialog boxes warning of missing plugins will be automatically ignored. But dialog boxes from some installed third-party plugins may be displayed and user confirmation will be required to continue the process. For example: Trapcode Particular asks to convert the effect used in the layers to the new version.
- AEP files from very old versions of After Effects will only open if your After Effects installation can open them. For example: It is only possible to open files from version 6.0 with After Effects version CS6 or earlier.
- When using the script with After Effects 2024, the progress bar may not work correctly, but this is just a visual bug and the process runs normally.
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