> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tackstudio.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> The collect files we all know, but miles better.

Over the years, the native Collect Files tool has been unintuitive and filled with bugs and other weirdness.

As you’d expect, we’ve rebuilt it from the ground up with a completely custom collect function and loaded it with a bunch of new and useful features.

## Key features

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  <Card title="Flexible scope" icon="search" href="/collect-files-pro/choosing-what-to-collect">
    Collect the whole project, only comps actually used, your selection, the render queue, or anything matching a regular expression.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Font collection" icon="type" href="/collect-files-pro/collect-options#collect-fonts">
    Copies the font files used in the project, including locally-synced Adobe Fonts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Proxy-aware" icon="file-symlink" href="/collect-files-pro/collect-options#obey-proxy-settings">
    Optionally collect just the proxy file instead of both the original and the proxy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Consolidation and renaming" icon="folder-pen" href="/collect-files-pro/collect-options#consolidate-all-footage">
    Merge duplicate footage items and rename the collected footage folder to whatever you like.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Watch-folder render setup" icon="folder-cog" href="/collect-files-pro/collect-options#enable-watch-folder-render">
    Write a Render Control File for network rendering across multiple machines.
  </Card>

  <Card title="A full collection report" icon="file-text" href="/collect-files-pro/the-report">
    Every collected file, composition, effect, font, and 3D renderer used, in text or Markdown.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Requirements

* After Effects 24.5 or later
* An active Collect Files Pro license, activated through the Tack Studio app (see [Installing tools](/the-app/installing-tools))