The report

With Generate report ticked, Collect Files Pro writes a <project name>_Report file next to the collected project, as .txt, .md, or both, depending on the format you chose. The report records:

• Report created: date and time (GMT).
• Project file and root folder: what was collected and where it went.
• Scope: which collect option was used.
• Collected compositions: every comp in the collection, marked as a master comp or a precomp.
• Collected files: every footage file with its path inside the collection and its size, plus totals for file count, proxy count, and overall size.
• Render folder: where render output points, if you enabled Change render output.
• 3D renderers: whether any collected comp uses Advanced 3D, Classic 3D, or Cinema4D, so a render machine knows what it needs to support.
• Effects used: every effect with its match name, how many times it’s used, and in which comps. Handy for checking a render farm has the right plugins installed.
• Fonts used: every font with its PostScript name, whether it came from Adobe Fonts, and where it’s used.
• Comments: whatever you typed into the Comments box.

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Masters and precomps

Each collected comp is marked as a master or a precomp:

• A master comp isn’t used inside any other comp; it’s a top-level comp, typically the one you’d render.
• A precomp is nested inside another comp somewhere in the collection.

This makes the report an instant map of the project for whoever receives it: the masters are the deliverables, everything else is supporting structure.