February 2009 - Pro-apps-dev

FCP XML and effect parameter values with cdata
by Steve Christensen 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com steve _______________________________________________ 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… After adding one of my effects to the timeline in FCP, I exported the project XML. As part of my effect's entry there are parameter value nodes containing cdata strings. I read in the XML docs that the cdata text is uuencoded, but how was the original parameter value first prepared for uuencoding? My plugin is storing data in a NSDictionary so I figured I could just take the uudecoded data, put it into a NSData object, then pass that to NSKeyedUnarchiver. When I tried that it didn't recognize the data so I now assume something else is happening. I'm trying to understand the process so that I can actually generate correct XML so that I can programmatically add the effect to the timeline and have the parameter values set up correctly. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: reloaded file dropping from Viewer!
by Helena Ju 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

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reloaded file dropping from Viewer!
by Nelson Shawn 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

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Re: Any way through Apple Event to know the active project?
by Helena Ju 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

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Any way through Apple Event to know the active project?
by Nelson Shawn 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

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Re: Sound TC in XML?
by Eryk Vershen 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

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Re: Motion - Antialiasing off
by Darrin Cardani 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

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Sound TC in XML?
by Philip Hodgetts 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

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Re: Motion - Antialiasing off
by Darrin Cardani 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:43 AM, ben syverson wrote: Darrin -- Darrin Cardani dcardani(a)apple.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… My guess is (and this is a total guess, as I'm not sure exactly what you're doing) that you're sweating a few pixels of antialiasing when no one else would be able to see the difference. Especially if you're working at HD... Not only that, but if you're working interlaced, there's a good chance that a television won't be able to reproduce it properly without lots of flickering. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Motion - Antialiasing off
by ben syverson 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com - ben _______________________________________________ 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… I believe all vectors are anti-aliased, if that's what you mean. Raster images also get a small amount of unavoidable softening when effects are applied -- from bilinear interpolation routines built in to the GPU hardware. If you're trying to draw simple lines without antialiasing, or make lines that are strictly 1-pixel wide, the best way to do it is with rasters anyway (ie Photoshop). Doing it with vectors will always be frustrating, because you need sub-pixel positioning to get a 1-pix wide line to occupy only one pixel. My guess is (and this is a total guess, as I'm not sure exactly what you're doing) that you're sweating a few pixels of antialiasing when no one else would be able to see the difference. Especially if you're working at HD... This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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