Re: FCP Plug-In Capabilities
Re: FCP Plug-In Capabilities
- Subject: Re: FCP Plug-In Capabilities
- From: Darrin Cardani <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:58:08 -0700
On Jun 4, 2009, at 5:01 AM, Simon Wolf wrote:
Apologies in advance that this is such a basic question but FCP is a
completely unknown entity to me. I have tried to do some searching
but my Google-skills are either limited today or there isn't much
information out in the wild about this.
As the sole Mac developer at work I have been asked if it is
possible to create some sort of plug-in for FCP which allows us to
add functionality such as opening files from pre-defined locations.
Essentially, as I understand it, the ideal situation would be to
provide the users with a new menu containing various commands which
will perform file-based actions.
Is this sort of thing possible within the plug-ins architecture or
do I not get to play with FCP?
It's not possible through a plugin, but there are some other ways that
you could do what you want. One relatively easy solution would be to
create an application with a window that just has several buttons in
it. When the user clicks one of the buttons, you can send an Apple
Event to FCP to open the appropriate file, or possibly even just open
it using Launch Services. Depending on your needs, making the window
be an always-on-top floating window may or may not be desirable. I
think there's an API for adding items to the right side of the
menubar, where the clock normally is and other stuff like the sound,
airport, and time machine items. I don't remember off the top of my
head what that API is, but you can probably ask on the Cocoa-dev list,
which you can sign up for here:
<http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/cocoa-dev>
In fact, I have a script menu there, that I must have turned on by
running /Applications/AppleScript/AppleScript Utility. The easiest
solution would be to write an AppleScript that just sends an open
event to FCP with the desired file. Then add the script to the scripts
folder. The scripts are stored in /Library/Scripts for the whole
computer (all users), or ~/Library/Scripts for an individual user.
Let me know if that helps,
Darrin
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