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Re: Compound Parameters
by Peter Litwinowicz 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-topic: Compound Parameters User-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.7.6.170621 Image wells work okay too… just not easily with Motion GUI to create template, and requires hand massaging just like groups. But doable, useful and works "right" once you get the patterning of what to do. Pete Here is an email from 2013 I saved: > From: Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> > You can publish image wells by creating a drop zone in Motion and putting the > drop zone into the image well. Drop Zones are automatically published. > Darrin > > From Pete Litwinowicz: > What Darrin suggests does work. No way to name the drop zone interactively as > far as I can tell… so we edit the drop zone name in the .xml produced for the > Motion Effect. > Oh, and we have to rearrange where the drop zones are published, because they > seem to always be published first, or last, regardless of the order of > publishing other params. > Pete > > > > From: Pro-apps-dev <pro-apps-dev-bounces+pete=revisionfx.com(a)lists.apple.com> on behalf of Paul Miller <paul(a)fxtech.com> Reply-To: <stelefx(a)gmail.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 1:41 PM To: <pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Subject: Re: Compound Parameters Yeah and have fun doing that if you have 130+ effects. Oh, and it doesn't work right if you have image wells. Groan. On 8/25/17 3:39 PM, Peter Litwinowicz wrote: > > Easy enough to publish a group to FCP X. > > > > > Publish a param of the group (you can't publish the group with MOtion's GUI… > as Darrin correctly points out. Feature request!) > > > > > Let's say the group has ID of 9 and the param has ID of 25. (I'm taking this > from some actual code I have here, hence the specifics of the numbers) > > > > > Okay, so when you open in FCP, the template will only show the param with ID > 25. Close FCP. Find the motion template (.moef file). Open with a text > editor. > > You'll see text like this: > > > <publishSettings> > > <version>2</version> > > <target object="10013" channel="./9/25" name="Name of Param of Group"/> > > <…. Other params and groups … > > > </publishSettings> > > > > > > Changes in bold to the first line: > > > <target object="10013" channel="./9" name="Name of Group"/> > > > > > > So you what you are doing is basically publishing the group by taking off the > "/25" off "/9/25" (which says "param with id 25 is part of group with id 9), > and then you have rename the thing being published to the group name you > desire. > > > > > As with other FCP groups, you'll need to go to the bar with the group name, > and go the right side to expose "Hide" or "Show" text that is normally not > displayed until the mouse hovers over that area. > > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > From: Pro-apps-dev <pro-apps-dev-bounces+pete=revisionfx.com(a)lists.apple.com> > on behalf of Lyndon Hill <lyndon(a)tiliam.com> > > Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM > To: <pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com> > Subject: Compound Parameters > > > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > Two questions please: > > > > > 1. How to publish compound parameters in Motion 5 (latest version) ? > > > > > I am following the instructions at > https://support.apple.com/kb/PH16056?locale=en_US > > both the shortcut menu and "animation menu” have the publish option but it is > greyed out. > > > > > The long version of the above: > > > > > I did a [FxParameterCreationAPI startParameterSubGroup] in my FxFilter > addParameters method. There are some parameters inside the subgroup. This > allows the user to neatly collapse or open the group of parameters in the > inspector part of Motion and FCPX. If I try to publish the subgroup parameter > in Motion, I get the menu as shown in the first picture of the support page > above, but the publish option is disabled. I don’t want to publish these > parameters individually. > > > > > The Motion 5 user manual > https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/help/English/en/motion/usermanual/ind…. > html#chapter=19%26section=7%26tasks=true > > provides the same instructions as the other page. > > > > > > > > 2. How to expand a collapsed compound parameter group programatically ? > > > > > In my FxFilter parameterChanged method I can set the flag > kFxParameterFlag_COLLAPSED on a parameter subgroup to collapse it, but setting > the parameter flags to kFxParameterFlag_DEFAULT does not expand it again. I’m > pretty sure I tried all the other flags, but did not get any success. > > > > > > > > I am using FxPlug 3. > > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > > Lyndon Hill > > _______________________________________________ > > Do not post admin requests to the list. 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Re: Compound Parameters
by Paul Miller 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language; bh=oGPKbQNP62SEU51hP2+Yf/ChLeMtQBpAq/++Xh/7PyQ=; b=vUxY0Sn5yLtpkk0a1L0sqzCDhBteB+JP3+OUIFL9smfPhLjE7KqvOrNCZpONTw1uEA inA04k83aSOLWUUf5icNr07EFCQBDFPFbm3VWmjceG0zt2S6m9hrGqE73aN4aqkJTsmI 53UPBUM/R7Yj+e9V/eid61GCztH9oPKFMUbruEhutO7n+mjK34PioEZXt7Ya64ZQ2N1g pr/knrLGj4cdE4UZjnGj2AqATIuiZHJdZMJ6ohDIpqpalakdB6Qu6/w/zy/FBsba24Sn VugkH2qlH0ewTmEkjpZQk2VpzwhKsK8vSMIZtYLqQFseXEjVulwK2b6xwpwAzt9Ehrva EiWQ== User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.12; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 Groan. On 8/25/17 3:39 PM, Peter Litwinowicz wrote: Easy enough to publish a group to FCP X. You'll see text like this: <publishSettings> <version>2</version> <target object="10013" channel="./9/25" name="Name of Param of Group"/> <…. Other params and groups … > </publishSettings> Changes in bold to the first line: <target object="10013" channel=*"./9"* name="*Name of Group*"/> Pete Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM To: <pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com <mailto:pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com>> Subject: Compound Parameters Hi Guys, Two questions please: 1. How to publish compound parameters in Motion 5 (latest version) ? The long version of the above: provides the same instructions as the other page. 2. How to expand a collapsed compound parameter group programatically ? I am using FxPlug 3. thanks in advance, Lyndon Hill _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pete%40revisionfx.com This email sent to pete(a)revisionfx.com <mailto:pete@revisionfx.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/paul%40fxtech.com This email sent to paul(a)fxtech.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Yeah and have fun doing that if you have 130+ effects. Oh, and it doesn't work right if you have image wells. Publish a param of the group (you can't publish the group with MOtion's GUI… as Darrin correctly points out. Feature request!) Let's say the group has ID of 9 and the param has ID of 25. (I'm taking this from some actual code I have here, hence the specifics of the numbers) Okay, so when you open in FCP, the template will only show the param with ID 25. Close FCP. Find the motion template (.moef file). Open with a text editor. So you what you are doing is basically publishing the group by taking off the "/25" off "/9/25" (which says "param with id 25 is part of group with id 9), and then you have rename the thing being published to the group name you desire. As with other FCP groups, you'll need to go to the bar with the group name, and go the right side to expose "Hide" or "Show" text that is normally not displayed until the mouse hovers over that area. From: Pro-apps-dev <pro-apps-dev-bounces+pete=revisionfx.com(a)lists.apple.com <mailto:pro-apps-dev-bounces+pete=revisionfx.com@lists.apple.com>> on behalf of Lyndon Hill <lyndon(a)tiliam.com <mailto:lyndon@tiliam.com>> I am following the instructions at https://support.apple.com/kb/PH16056?locale=en_US both the shortcut menu and "animation menu” have the publish option but it is greyed out. I did a [FxParameterCreationAPI startParameterSubGroup] in my FxFilter addParameters method. There are some parameters inside the subgroup. This allows the user to neatly collapse or open the group of parameters in the inspector part of Motion and FCPX. If I try to publish the subgroup parameter in Motion, I get the menu as shown in the first picture of the support page above, but the publish option is disabled. I don’t want to publish these parameters individually. The Motion 5 user manual https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/help/English/en/motion/usermanual/ind… In my FxFilter parameterChanged method I can set the flag kFxParameterFlag_COLLAPSED on a parameter subgroup to collapse it, but setting the parameter flags to kFxParameterFlag_DEFAULT does not expand it again. I’m pretty sure I tried all the other flags, but did not get any success. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com <mailto:Pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com>)

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Re: Compound Parameters
by Peter Litwinowicz 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-topic: Compound Parameters User-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.7.6.170621 Easy enough to publish a group to FCP X. Publish a param of the group (you can't publish the group with MOtion's GUI… as Darrin correctly points out. Feature request!) Let's say the group has ID of 9 and the param has ID of 25. (I'm taking this from some actual code I have here, hence the specifics of the numbers) Okay, so when you open in FCP, the template will only show the param with ID 25. Close FCP. Find the motion template (.moef file). Open with a text editor. You'll see text like this: <publishSettings> <version>2</version> <target object="10013" channel="./9/25" name="Name of Param of Group"/> <…. Other params and groups … > </publishSettings> Changes in bold to the first line: <target object="10013" channel="./9" name="Name of Group"/> So you what you are doing is basically publishing the group by taking off the "/25" off "/9/25" (which says "param with id 25 is part of group with id 9), and then you have rename the thing being published to the group name you desire. As with other FCP groups, you'll need to go to the bar with the group name, and go the right side to expose "Hide" or "Show" text that is normally not displayed until the mouse hovers over that area. Pete From: Pro-apps-dev <pro-apps-dev-bounces+pete=revisionfx.com(a)lists.apple.com> on behalf of Lyndon Hill <lyndon(a)tiliam.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM To: <pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Subject: Compound Parameters Hi Guys, Two questions please: 1. How to publish compound parameters in Motion 5 (latest version) ? I am following the instructions at https://support.apple.com/kb/PH16056?locale=en_US both the shortcut menu and "animation menu” have the publish option but it is greyed out. The long version of the above: I did a [FxParameterCreationAPI startParameterSubGroup] in my FxFilter addParameters method. There are some parameters inside the subgroup. This allows the user to neatly collapse or open the group of parameters in the inspector part of Motion and FCPX. If I try to publish the subgroup parameter in Motion, I get the menu as shown in the first picture of the support page above, but the publish option is disabled. I don’t want to publish these parameters individually. The Motion 5 user manual https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/help/English/en/motion/usermanual/inde x.html#chapter=19%26section=7%26tasks=true provides the same instructions as the other page. 2. How to expand a collapsed compound parameter group programatically ? In my FxFilter parameterChanged method I can set the flag kFxParameterFlag_COLLAPSED on a parameter subgroup to collapse it, but setting the parameter flags to kFxParameterFlag_DEFAULT does not expand it again. I’m pretty sure I tried all the other flags, but did not get any success. I am using FxPlug 3. thanks in advance, Lyndon Hill _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/pete%40revisionfx.com This email sent to pete(a)revisionfx.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Compound Parameters
by Lyndon Hill 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Darrin, Thanks for the quick response. > There’s no official support for publishing parameter groups at this time. I see. So in the user guide and help page “compound parameters” are a different thing ? > However, I’m told there is a way to do it by hand-editing the .moef file, > though I’ve never done it myself. Perhaps someone else on the list could > point out how it works? Much appreciated if someone does. > The second issue may be a bug. I’ll need to ask design about that. It may be > that allowing plug-ins to change the UI without the user’s consent is not > supported because that would be surprising to users, but I’m not sure. I can live without this feature if I have to. If it’s not a bug then being able to programmatically collapse a group is, surely ? thanks again, Lyndon _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Compound Parameters
by Darrin Cardani 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Lyndon, There’s no official support for publishing parameter groups at this time. However, I’m told there is a way to do it by hand-editing the .moef file, though I’ve never done it myself. Perhaps someone else on the list could point out how it works? The second issue may be a bug. I’ll need to ask design about that. It may be that allowing plug-ins to change the UI without the user’s consent is not supported because that would be surprising to users, but I’m not sure. Darrin > On Aug 25, 2017, at 12:48 PM, Lyndon Hill <lyndon(a)tiliam.com> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > Two questions please: > > 1. How to publish compound parameters in Motion 5 (latest version) ? > > I am following the instructions at > https://support.apple.com/kb/PH16056?locale=en_US > both the shortcut menu and "animation menu” have the publish option but it is > greyed out. > > The long version of the above: > > I did a [FxParameterCreationAPI startParameterSubGroup] in my FxFilter > addParameters method. There are some parameters inside the subgroup. This > allows the user to neatly collapse or open the group of parameters in the > inspector part of Motion and FCPX. If I try to publish the subgroup parameter > in Motion, I get the menu as shown in the first picture of the support page > above, but the publish option is disabled. I don’t want to publish these > parameters individually. > > The Motion 5 user manual > https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/help/English/en/motion/usermanual/ind… > provides the same instructions as the other page. > > > 2. How to expand a collapsed compound parameter group programatically ? > > In my FxFilter parameterChanged method I can set the flag > kFxParameterFlag_COLLAPSED on a parameter subgroup to collapse it, but > setting the parameter flags to kFxParameterFlag_DEFAULT does not expand it > again. I’m pretty sure I tried all the other flags, but did not get any > success. > > > I am using FxPlug 3. > > thanks in advance, > > Lyndon Hill > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com > > This email sent to 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Compound Parameters
by Lyndon Hill 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Guys, Two questions please: 1. How to publish compound parameters in Motion 5 (latest version) ? I am following the instructions at https://support.apple.com/kb/PH16056?locale=en_US both the shortcut menu and "animation menu” have the publish option but it is greyed out. The long version of the above: I did a [FxParameterCreationAPI startParameterSubGroup] in my FxFilter addParameters method. There are some parameters inside the subgroup. This allows the user to neatly collapse or open the group of parameters in the inspector part of Motion and FCPX. If I try to publish the subgroup parameter in Motion, I get the menu as shown in the first picture of the support page above, but the publish option is disabled. I don’t want to publish these parameters individually. The Motion 5 user manual https://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/help/English/en/motion/usermanual/ind… provides the same instructions as the other page. 2. How to expand a collapsed compound parameter group programatically ? In my FxFilter parameterChanged method I can set the flag kFxParameterFlag_COLLAPSED on a parameter subgroup to collapse it, but setting the parameter flags to kFxParameterFlag_DEFAULT does not expand it again. I’m pretty sure I tried all the other flags, but did not get any success. I am using FxPlug 3. thanks in advance, Lyndon Hill _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Help with the Xcode template
by Darrin Cardani 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ben, At this time I would do all processing within the plug-in. Once we require FxPlugs to work out-of-process, then I’d expect the work to be done in the XPC. We are getting there, but have not yet reached that point. Darrin > On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:55 AM, Ben Syverson <ben(a)bensyverson.com> wrote: > > Darrin, > > That did help, thanks! Launching it via the Finder made the plugin show up in > Motion, although it’s still not listed via pluginkit. > > Thank you for the background on the template. I get that the XPC is doing > some processing for demonstration purposes, but in your opinion, is the XPC > the right place for the `addWatermarkTo:` method in production? I ask because > my impulse would be to call `validateRegistrationFile` from the FxPlug, and > if it’s invalid, draw the watermark within the FxPlug’s `renderOutput:` > method. > > Thanks again, > > Ben > > >> On Aug 12, 2017, at 12:31, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: >> >> Ben, >> >> If you build the plug-in, the go to the Finder and double-click on the app, >> does it work after that? I’ve found that between Xcode, Launch Services, and >> PlugInKit, sometimes there’s a miscommunication. By running it once from the >> Finder, it seems to fix whatever the issue is. >> >> When we created the template, it was requested that we do some actual >> processing in the XPC. Doing hardware processing in the XPC in a reasonable >> amount of time would have required using IOSurfaces which are very poorly >> documented, and which none of us had used at the time. Also, it would have >> greatly complicated a template that was intended to be fairly simple. So we >> went with just adding the watermark in the XPC and doing it in software >> because it was straightforward and easy to understand. >> >> Let me know if the above helps, >> Darrin >> >>> On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Ben Syverson <ben(a)bensyverson.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> After a few years away, I’m trying to implement some code as an FxPlug. So >>> I created a brand new project from the FxPlug template, built it, and >>> nothing happened. There doesn’t seem to be any documentation about how to >>> use this template, so I’m reaching out for help. >>> >>> I did try turning on code-signing for the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin. >>> >>> I also noticed that the Bundle Identifier is set to the product name (i.e. >>> Example), not the full identifier (i.e. com.bensyverson.Example). I changed >>> that, but I’m not clear on whether the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin should have >>> different IDs? >>> >>> The template seems to generate new UUIDs, but I made new ones anyway, but >>> it still didn’t help. >>> >>> Running `pluginkit -m` doesn’t show the new plugin, and it doesn’t show up >>> in Motion. No errors are reported in the console, so I’m not sure where to >>> start looking. >>> >>> (I also noticed that the template builds a plugin which doesn’t implement >>> hardware rendering (!), which is baffling. If there’s only one template, it >>> should either implement both, or just hardware.) >>> >>> Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance! >>> >>> 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: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >>> >>> This email sent to 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Help with the Xcode template
by Ben Syverson 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=bensyverson.com; s=bensyverson; t=1502560551; bh=tJUnA4DEeSlymBRl0Te/qjA9E+kTlJpCd2vPYl3XI5Q=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=2pMTscms8UYa8Cua+TvvVdh4J/DUDHhQW1csmggcq02vRiiG0zv+0T9hYdAtQzaIi m+VXJOV6Nyh6OEAfslKu40JVEfW5FtydE8gaaG/78RZ4nWC06fi0fWvekKxMBjCHJ5 ItMckuzsa8t7mKiJ5G31ZCbC9F7lm/PJspO+KtdxzYEVcNbkICZXPDpCm6h+FzHeT5 mGFb1yRBzvjEV9Kdd+Q87N0BNmhlbJnOj/6ThyrG9uKB4Kn1+Vz++66mzZwGvST5MS aYu4dKn+z6xvfDYmxwEDbFb4403peFwq21xyyqs2+PYLMMOFpPLMaKPHnIu92G2+w6 gJDQZLTXRLCLw== Darrin, That did help, thanks! Launching it via the Finder made the plugin show up in Motion, although it’s still not listed via pluginkit. Thank you for the background on the template. I get that the XPC is doing some processing for demonstration purposes, but in your opinion, is the XPC the right place for the `addWatermarkTo:` method in production? I ask because my impulse would be to call `validateRegistrationFile` from the FxPlug, and if it’s invalid, draw the watermark within the FxPlug’s `renderOutput:` method. Thanks again, Ben > On Aug 12, 2017, at 12:31, Darrin Cardani <dcardani(a)apple.com> wrote: > > Ben, > > If you build the plug-in, the go to the Finder and double-click on the app, > does it work after that? I’ve found that between Xcode, Launch Services, and > PlugInKit, sometimes there’s a miscommunication. By running it once from the > Finder, it seems to fix whatever the issue is. > > When we created the template, it was requested that we do some actual > processing in the XPC. Doing hardware processing in the XPC in a reasonable > amount of time would have required using IOSurfaces which are very poorly > documented, and which none of us had used at the time. Also, it would have > greatly complicated a template that was intended to be fairly simple. So we > went with just adding the watermark in the XPC and doing it in software > because it was straightforward and easy to understand. > > Let me know if the above helps, > Darrin > >> On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Ben Syverson <ben(a)bensyverson.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> After a few years away, I’m trying to implement some code as an FxPlug. So I >> created a brand new project from the FxPlug template, built it, and nothing >> happened. There doesn’t seem to be any documentation about how to use this >> template, so I’m reaching out for help. >> >> I did try turning on code-signing for the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin. >> >> I also noticed that the Bundle Identifier is set to the product name (i.e. >> Example), not the full identifier (i.e. com.bensyverson.Example). I changed >> that, but I’m not clear on whether the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin should have >> different IDs? >> >> The template seems to generate new UUIDs, but I made new ones anyway, but it >> still didn’t help. >> >> Running `pluginkit -m` doesn’t show the new plugin, and it doesn’t show up >> in Motion. No errors are reported in the console, so I’m not sure where to >> start looking. >> >> (I also noticed that the template builds a plugin which doesn’t implement >> hardware rendering (!), which is baffling. If there’s only one template, it >> should either implement both, or just hardware.) >> >> Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance! >> >> 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: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Help with the Xcode template
by Darrin Cardani 12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ben, If you build the plug-in, the go to the Finder and double-click on the app, does it work after that? I’ve found that between Xcode, Launch Services, and PlugInKit, sometimes there’s a miscommunication. By running it once from the Finder, it seems to fix whatever the issue is. When we created the template, it was requested that we do some actual processing in the XPC. Doing hardware processing in the XPC in a reasonable amount of time would have required using IOSurfaces which are very poorly documented, and which none of us had used at the time. Also, it would have greatly complicated a template that was intended to be fairly simple. So we went with just adding the watermark in the XPC and doing it in software because it was straightforward and easy to understand. Let me know if the above helps, Darrin > On Aug 12, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Ben Syverson <ben(a)bensyverson.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > After a few years away, I’m trying to implement some code as an FxPlug. So I > created a brand new project from the FxPlug template, built it, and nothing > happened. There doesn’t seem to be any documentation about how to use this > template, so I’m reaching out for help. > > I did try turning on code-signing for the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin. > > I also noticed that the Bundle Identifier is set to the product name (i.e. > Example), not the full identifier (i.e. com.bensyverson.Example). I changed > that, but I’m not clear on whether the Wrapper, XPC and Plugin should have > different IDs? > > The template seems to generate new UUIDs, but I made new ones anyway, but it > still didn’t help. > > Running `pluginkit -m` doesn’t show the new plugin, and it doesn’t show up in > Motion. No errors are reported in the console, so I’m not sure where to start > looking. > > (I also noticed that the template builds a plugin which doesn’t implement > hardware rendering (!), which is baffling. If there’s only one template, it > should either implement both, or just hardware.) > > Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance! > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/dcardani%40apple.com > > This email sent to 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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