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Programmatic Creation of Apple Loops
by Eric Huffman 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 I have been searching for a programmatic method of creating files in the Apple Loops format. The Soundtrack Loop Utility obviously provides a way to do so manually. Ideally, I'm looking for documentation, an SDK, or script access to do so programmatically (e.g. slices, meta data, etc.). Is anyone doing this successfully? Maybe an alternate approach would be to programmatically create files in ACID format, though I have not looked into this yet. Thanks, Eric _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Final Cut Pro plug-in development
by Justin van Berckel 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

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Final Cut Pro plug-in development
by Beverly Reinig 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 I'm back again, posting yet another question about FCP plug-in development. My previous questions have been perhaps too specific... allow me to pose some broader questions: The plug-in I want to write does not in any way filter or modify audio/video. I want to add an item to one of the Menus which will show my tabbed non-modal dialog (aka. 'palette') or modal dialog. Then, based on the user's selections in that dialog, I want to feed new input (a list of graphics, for example) into an FCP Project bin. Is there ANY way to do this? This I know: To write an FCP plug-in, you can write to the After Effects v 3.1 plug-in API. It's also been suggested that I try the QuickTime plug-in API, as well as the Fair enough. The major drawback is, this version of the API only supports filters/effects; the After Effect General plug-in architecture (AEGP) doesn't show up until a later version of the API. SO, there are absolutely no way to hook into other parts of the AE user interface (so there's no adding any menu items, no way to display a dialog, modal or no, integrated in the AE UI). This API does allow you to add controls to certain non-modal dialogs (like the Effect or Composition dialogs), but adding my plug-in's functionality there would not make any sense... Is there ANY way--perhaps via another plug-in API, or some set of hooks that are specific to FCP--to add an item to a menu which will then bring up a dialog (modal or non-modal)??? Hello, Apple?? Can you please give me a definitive answer on this? many thanks, BJR -- Beverly Reinig Manager of Development INform Skopje, Macedonia _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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in search of AE SDK 3.1 for Mac
by bev.developer＠inform-mk.com 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 Does anyone out there have a copy of the plug-in SDK for After Effects v 3.1 (Mac)? Please respond to bev.developer(a)inform-mk.com if you do. cheers, BJR _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: proplug sdk
by bev.developer＠inform-mk.com 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 tony did grace us with: > I was wondering whether anyone knew which level of adc membership I have to get to get my hands on the proplug sdk. The one for interfacing with final cut pro. tony, as far as I'm aware (and I've been doing a lot of research on this this week), the only way to interface w/ final cut is to write a plug-in to the After Effects API. The FxPlug SDK documentation itself states that the only Host application that supports it so far is Motion 2.0. all the best to you, Beverly _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Final Cut Pro plug-in development, getting started
by Darrin Cardani 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com I understand that I must develop this as an After Effects plug-in, 1. I've succeeded in getting the simplest example plug-in (Skeleton) to build, and FCP does indeed load it (I've proven this to myself by adding CFShow() statements at the top of the callback loop in main()). But just once. When I quit FCP, and then relaunch it again, my plug-in is not loaded.... 2. The example AEGP plug-ins don't contain a main(); instead, their entry-point is specified in the CW project settings > Target Settings > Linker > PPC Linker > Entry Points. I've set these just like the AE SDK says I should: Initialization: __initialize Main: GPMain_Easy_Cheese (as one example) Termination: __terminate Again, I put a CFShow() call at the entry point of my GPMain_Easy_Cheese() function, just to prove to myself that FCP loads it on start up, and it never gets called. Apparently, FCP is not loading this baby. Darrin -- Darrin Cardani - dcardani(a)buena.com President, Buena Software, Inc. <http://www.buena.com/> Video, Image and Audio Processing Development _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… At 8:42 PM +0200 6/23/05, Beverly Reinig wrote: I'm developing a FCP plug-in for the Mac, using CW 6.0. Ouch! That's going to be a small problem right there. (Does CW 6 even run on OS X? I seem to recall having lots of problems with it during the switch from 9 to X.) You might want to download a slightly older version of the AE SDK. I believe the 6.0 SDK is up on Adobe's website, and listed as "unsupported." Even it used CodeWarrior 7.0, if I recall correctly. Actually, you can also write a QuickTime effect plugin, though there are some issues you need to be aware of if you go that route. FCP has some odd behaviors when it comes to plugins. Try throwing out FCP's plugin cache file (usually located at /Users/<your username>/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro POA Cache) and see if your plugin is loaded again. I often have to do this when building a new version of a plugin. As far as I know, no other host application will load AEGPs. Only After Effects will. Most host applications don't implement all the suites that AEGPs support. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Final Cut Pro plug-in development, getting started
by Beverly Reinig 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Importance: Normal Greetings, I'm developing a FCP plug-in for the Mac, using CW 6.0. I understand that I must develop this as an After Effects plug-in, so have downloaded the SDK for v 6.5 of AE (the version of the API spec is 12.10), and have spent a lot of time just getting the sample plug-ins to build and be loaded by FCP. I've got 2 hurdles that I need help getting over: 1. I've succeeded in getting the simplest example plug-in (Skeleton) to build, and FCP does indeed load it (I've proven this to myself by adding CFShow() statements at the top of the callback loop in main()). But just once. When I quit FCP, and then relaunch it again, my plug-in is not loaded.... 2. The example AEGP plug-ins don't contain a main(); instead, their entry-point is specified in the CW project settings > Target Settings > Linker > PPC Linker > Entry Points. I've set these just like the AE SDK says I should: Initialization: __initialize Main: GPMain_Easy_Cheese (as one example) Termination: __terminate Again, I put a CFShow() call at the entry point of my GPMain_Easy_Cheese() function, just to prove to myself that FCP loads it on start up, and it never gets called. Apparently, FCP is not loading this baby. I'm hoping some of you FCP plug-in developers can help me get this thing off the ground. One thing I'm not sure of is, what all the project settings should be (since I'm using an older version of CW than the example plug-in projects were created for). Any help there (like what the PPC Target settings should be) would be very appreciated. cheers, BJR _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Pro-apps-dev Digest, Vol 2, Issue 21
by Philip Hodgetts 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com What's the criteria - is it technical or political? -- Philip Hodgetts Latest blog article: "Don't Panic Apple adopts Intel processors" http://www.intelligentassistance.com/blog News, tips and the best resources for Apple's Professional Applications: http://www.proapps-hub.com Download now, it's free. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… At 2:23 PM -0400 6/16/05, Brian Peat wrote: Speaking of QuickTime Export Components...does anyone know why Compressor 2 only supports Real, AVI, 3GP and the Flip4Mac WMV component? Lame won't work, neither will the Popwire WMV encoder. It's really annoying that Apple advertises this function on C2 but then limits to their approved codecs (yet again). Yes, I'd like to know what makes a 'qualified' export component for Compressor, compared with QT Player. Kinoma is available in my export component list in QT Player but not in Compressor 2. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Pro-apps-dev Digest, Vol 2, Issue 21
by Brian Peat 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Brian A. Peat On Jun 9, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Bob Currier wrote: QuickTime export component? -- Bob ----- Bob Currier rcurrier(a)synthetic-ap.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… Speaking of QuickTime Export Components...does anyone know why Compressor 2 only supports Real, AVI, 3GP and the Flip4Mac WMV component? Lame won't work, neither will the Popwire WMV encoder. It's really annoying that Apple advertises this function on C2 but then limits to their approved codecs (yet again). The Peat Group Certified Member, Apple Consultants Network Mobile: (614) 946-8989 E-mail: Brian(a)thepeatgroup.com Office: (614) 891-1618 Web: http://www.thepeatgroup.com -- The Peat Group Offers Macintosh based Consulting, Repair, Web Design, Digital Video Editing, and Conference Management. ________________________________________________________________________ ____ Using Apple's Keynote? Don't miss http://www.KeynoteUser.com Using Apple's LiveType? Don't miss http://www.LiveTypeUser.com On Thu, Jun 9, 2005 3:07 AM, Tony OCallaghan <tony.ocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote: The main problem that I have is that Fxscript and AE plug-ins don't make plug-ins for exporting content to another application. Any ideas? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Pro-apps-dev Digest, Vol 2, Issue 21
by Bob Currier 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Thu, Jun 9, 2005 3:07 AM, Tony OCallaghan <tony.ocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote: >The main problem that I have is that Fxscript and AE plug-ins don't make >plug-ins for exporting content to another application. Any ideas? QuickTime export component? -- Bob ----- Bob Currier rcurrier(a)synthetic-ap.com Synthetic Aperture voice: +1 949 493-3444 Helping Make Your Work Look Its Best fax: +1 949 203-2108 web: www.synthetic-ap.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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