November 2003 - Pro-apps-dev

Aqua Pro API & LiveType
by Frank Jonen 30 Nov '03

30 Nov '03

Hey Folks at Apple! What about the Aqua Pro API you used for the FinalCut Pro product family? How can a developer address these interface bricks? I couldn't find a documentation on this. Is it private? Other thing... LiveFont Development: Since there is NO LiveFont around that is not built with the exact values that the demo font gives away (without documentation of the values used) I'd like to have a proper documentation to build a REAL LiveFont not just ripped copies of existing fonts with bad metrics. Thanks, Frank Jonen _____________________________________ www.frankjonen.com - eat more pixels! _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Just out of sheer curiosity
by Andreas Kiel 30 Nov '03

30 Nov '03

Three Andreas Spherico Gablonzer Str. 29 D-76185 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49 (0)721 183 9753 Fax.: +49 (0)721 183 9755 eMail: kiel(a)spherico.com _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Just out of sheer curiosity
by Nicolas Zinovieff 30 Nov '03

30 Nov '03

My first concern is automation... If you do several DVDs the same way, you would like to have a predefined set of actions that you can reuse at will. You just have to create a special structure that holds all the documents to be merged, set a few parameters, and take the week off ;) And there are other things, like effects preview: suppose you have a 3d model that is supposed to do something on the screen, and you want to do some compositing... Well, I'd create a plugin that opens the DXF or VRML preview (a lot of polygons, urk), and renders almost real time - even if untextured - the thing you want to see. In short: automation and foreign formats. I kinda like hacking my way through, but at some point it looks unprofessional. And I am using pro apps, remember? ;) On 30 Nov, 2003, at 12:38, S. Moussly wrote: I have been on this list for almost a year and this is the first post I received on this list :) What sort of "third party enhancements" are you looking into adding. In other words, what is it you exactly want to do that FCP, Soundtrack and others don't do. -- Nicolas _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Just out of sheer curiosity
by Nicolas Zinovieff 30 Nov '03

30 Nov '03

OK, it looks like at least 5 people here are willing to participate to the list. So let me detail what I am doing and what I was hoping to get by enrolling: I am a French independant developer who works on a contract basis, and lately I have been involved with a company that does some DVD mastering. I was kinda hoping to get here some support for "third party enhancements" for FCP and the satellites (LiveType and Soundtrack), Shake, and DVD Studio Pro. At least, I can say that the XML thingie is a step forward, but it still has many bugs associated, and I was expecting Apple to do like Adobe and Quark: release a SDK. If it is not possible, for programming purposes like "it was not meant to have a plugin API" (which I doubt since there are already various plugins), then why did the AppleScript support vanish from DVDSP? Does anyone know anything about what an external developer can do to "enhance" or "modify the behavior" of Apple's "pro" apps? Thanks again to the people who replied to the previous post, both privately and publicly :) PS: I already know that FCP can load some After Effects plugins, but in a somewhat limited fashion... -- Nicolas _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Re: Just out of sheer curiosity
by Shaun Wexler 30 Nov '03

30 Nov '03

On Nov 29, 2003, at 3:37 PM, Nicolas Zinovieff wrote: How many people are there on this list? Two, now. ;) -- Shaun Wexler MacFOH http://www.macfoh.com _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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Just out of sheer curiosity
by Nicolas Zinovieff 29 Nov '03

29 Nov '03

How many people are there on this list? -- Nicolas _______________________________________________ pro-apps-dev mailing list | pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/pro-apps-dev Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.

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