Added another script for working with AFX XML files, this one Collects the required files to a given location and replaces the route on the xml file to match this path. It works (barely).

python/mkn_collect_xml.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+import re, sys, shutil, os, re, codecs
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+print("MAkinE AFX Collecting tool. Copyleft 2016 yorch")
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+name = args[0]
+
+
+
+dest = input("Please enter the destination path for your collect:\n")
+
+# tested on mac only
+
+#def get_files( text_file ):
+    
+    #re_ptn=re.compile("(?<=fullpath\=\")[^\"]*")
+    
+    #report = open(str( text_file ), 'r')
+    #report_text = str(report.read())
+    
+    #matches= re_ptn.findall(report_text)
+        
+    #return matches
+
+def get_files( text_file ):
+    
+    ET.register_namespace("", "http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects")
+    
+    with open(name, 'r') as xml_file:
+        xml_tree = ET.parse(xml_file)
+    root = xml_tree.getroot()
+    
+    for Pin in root.iter("{http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects}Item"): #<Pin> elements seem to contain file references
+        for fileRef in Pin.iter("{http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects}fileReference"):
+            filepath = fileRef.attrib["fullpath"]
+            isFile = os.path.isfile(fileRef.attrib["fullpath"])
+            
+            if isFile:
+                copy_file( filepath , dest )
+                fileRef.set("fullpath",dest + os.path.basename(filepath))
+            else:
+                fileRef.set("fullpath",dest + os.path.basename(filepath))
+        print( "asasas", Pin[0].attrib["bdata"] )
+            #fileRef.set("fullpath",dest + os.path.basename(filepath))
+            
+    xml_tree.write(os.path.dirname(name)+os.sep+os.path.basename(name).split(".")[0]+"_collected"+ os.path.extsep + os.path.basename(name).split(".")[1],encoding="utf-8")
+            
+    #for item in root.iter("{http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects}fileReference"):
+        
+        #filepath = item.attrib["fullpath"]
+        #isFile = os.path.isfile(item.attrib["fullpath"])
+        #if isFile:
+            #item.set("fullpath",dest + os.path.basename(filepath))
+        #print(item.attrib, isFile )
+    #xml_tree.write(os.path.dirname(name)+os.sep+os.path.basename(name).split(".")[0]+"_collect"+ os.path.extsep + os.path.basename(name).split(".")[1],encoding="utf-8")
+    #xml_file.close()
+    
+    return 
+    
+def get_seqs( text_file ):
+    
+    report = open(str( text_file ), 'r')
+    report_lines = []
+    
+    for line in report:
+        report_lines.append(line)
+
+    seqs = []
+    
+    for line in report_lines:
+        line_content = line
+        if line_content.find("\tSequence") != -1:
+            begin_path = line_content.find("at ")+3
+            end_path = line_content.find(" with ") ### HACKISH: Try using regex to reliably finding out the end of the path.
+            seqs.append(line_content[begin_path:end_path])
+    
+    return seqs
+
+def copy_file( f , dest ):
+    
+    the_file=os.path.basename(f)
+        
+    if os.path.isfile(f):
+        if not os.path.exists(dest + os.sep + the_file ):
+            print("Copying: " + the_file + " ---> " + dest)
+            shutil.copy(f,dest);
+        else:
+            print("Skipping: " + the_file)
+    else:
+        if not os.path.exists(dest + os.sep + the_file ):
+            print("Copying folder: " + the_file + " ---> " + dest + os.sep + the_file )
+            shutil.copytree(f, dest +os.sep + the_file );
+        else:
+            print("Skipping folder: " + the_file)
+
+def copy_files( files , dest ):
+
+    for f in files:
+        copy_file( f , dest )
+        
+            
+
+#for i in get_files( name ):
+#    print(i)
+#copy_files( get_seqs( name ), dest )
+#copy_files( get_files( name ), dest )
+get_files( name)