January 2009 - Pro-apps-dev

FCP Export plug-in API, or any documentation at all?
by Mark Boszko 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

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Re: Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Helena Ju 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hey gang, Thanks! Helena On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Andreas Kiel <kiel(a)spherico.com> wrote: Andreas On 07.01.2009, at 01:30, Philip Hodgetts wrote: On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Gregory Clarke wrote: <bin> <uuid>1806BCEE-8A24-464B-8E2C-6354360A4E3D</uuid> <updatebehavior>add</updatebehavior> <name>from favorites</name> <children> <effect> <name>Travel-Lower Third.PAL from Favorites</name> <effectid>QCMotionPatch</effectid> <effecttype>generator</effecttype> <mediatype>video</mediatype> </effect> </children> </bin> Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance TheAssistantEditor.com Fast First Cuts Big Brains for Rent bigbrainsforrent.com HD Survival Handbook ProAppsTips.com Personal Blog http://philiphodgetts.com Cell 818 335 3916 _______________________________________________ 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/kiel%40spherico.com Andreas Kiel Spherico Nelkenstr. 25 D-76135 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49 (0)721 183 9753 eFax: +1 650 897 8094 eMail: kiel(a)spherico.com http://spherico.com/filmtools -- workflow tools for FCP P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. _______________________________________________ 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/hju%40apple.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… All generators, including motion templates, when dragged to the browser have no XML representation since they aren't clips, but instead, short-cuts to an effect. What would you expect the XML to be? Perhaps a new kind of bin entity much like an effect definition on a clip? Motion Templates are handled as video generators. If you just drag them from the Effects Tab to the Browser they won't have any video track and therefore they don't have any usable information to export. I also think this is a missing feature or maybe a bug - who knows. Just for completeness, here's a snippet of XML that is generated from Philip's 4th scenario: Motion templates created like this won't load when the XML is opened on another machine. They will not open on the machine that created them either. Tested and failed. Motion Templates have to go to the viewer first to... ? This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.com This email sent to hju(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Andreas Kiel 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Andreas On 07.01.2009, at 01:30, Philip Hodgetts wrote: On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Gregory Clarke wrote: <bin> <uuid>1806BCEE-8A24-464B-8E2C-6354360A4E3D</uuid> <updatebehavior>add</updatebehavior> <name>from favorites</name> <children> <effect> <name>Travel-Lower Third.PAL from Favorites</name> <effectid>QCMotionPatch</effectid> <effecttype>generator</effecttype> <mediatype>video</mediatype> </effect> </children> </bin> Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance TheAssistantEditor.com Fast First Cuts Big Brains for Rent bigbrainsforrent.com HD Survival Handbook ProAppsTips.com Personal Blog http://philiphodgetts.com Cell 818 335 3916 Andreas Kiel Spherico Nelkenstr. 25 D-76135 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49 (0)721 183 9753 eFax: +1 650 897 8094 eMail: kiel(a)spherico.com http://spherico.com/filmtools -- workflow tools for FCP P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. _______________________________________________ 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… Motion Templates are handled as video generators. If you just drag them from the Effects Tab to the Browser they won't have any video track and therefore they don't have any usable information to export. I also think this is a missing feature or maybe a bug - who knows. Just for completeness, here's a snippet of XML that is generated from Philip's 4th scenario: Motion templates created like this won't load when the XML is opened on another machine. They will not open on the machine that created them either. Tested and failed. Motion Templates have to go to the viewer first to... ? _______________________________________________ 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/kiel% 40spherico.com This email sent to kiel(a)spherico.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Philip Hodgetts 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Gregory Clarke wrote: <bin> <uuid>1806BCEE-8A24-464B-8E2C-6354360A4E3D</uuid> <updatebehavior>add</updatebehavior> <name>from favorites</name> <children> <effect> <name>Travel-Lower Third.PAL from Favorites</name> <effectid>QCMotionPatch</effectid> <effecttype>generator</effecttype> <mediatype>video</mediatype> </effect> </children> </bin> Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance TheAssistantEditor.com Fast First Cuts Big Brains for Rent bigbrainsforrent.com HD Survival Handbook ProAppsTips.com Personal Blog http://philiphodgetts.com Cell 818 335 3916 _______________________________________________ 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… Just for completeness, here's a snippet of XML that is generated from Philip's 4th scenario: Motion templates created like this won't load when the XML is opened on another machine. They will not open on the machine that created them either. Tested and failed. Motion Templates have to go to the viewer first to... ? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Andreas Kiel 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

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Re: Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Gregory Clarke 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com <bin> <uuid>1806BCEE-8A24-464B-8E2C-6354360A4E3D</uuid> <updatebehavior>add</updatebehavior> <name>from favorites</name> <children> <effect> <name>Travel-Lower Third.PAL from Favorites</name> <effectid>QCMotionPatch</effectid> <effecttype>generator</effecttype> <mediatype>video</mediatype> </effect> </children> </bin> Greg _______________________________________________ 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… Just for completeness, here's a snippet of XML that is generated from Philip's 4th scenario: Motion templates created like this won't load when the XML is opened on another machine. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Motion Template XML Export Quandry
by Philip Hodgetts 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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