Re: FxGenerator duration
Re: FxGenerator duration
- Subject: Re: FxGenerator duration
- From: Steve Christensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:57:59 -0700
You can certainly add a custom text parameter that displays the
suggested clip duration based on your calculations, but you shouldn't
assume that the user will actually change the clip duration so you
have to handle that situation gracefully.
The best way to view the plugin is as an unquestioning servant of
Final Cut and/or the user. They ask the plugin to do something and it
does it. The plugin really has no say in the matter other than
determining if it should load and then by advertising its
capabilities (-variesOverTime, -properties).
On Mar 25, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Brian Gardner wrote:
Thanks, Paul. So, that's good. I can calculate how many
frames the duration needs to be altered by.
What's the most user-friendly or appropriate way
to present that to the user?
Can I create a read-only parameter/label "Recommended Duration"
and display it? Or set timeline Markers? Is there any way
the user can snap the duration to the plugin's recommendation?
On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:13 AM, Paul Schneider wrote:
Darrin is correct. The FxTimingAPI allows to to query the
duration of your item in the timeline, but we don't currently
provide a way for you to change the duration.
In case it helps, the user can make filters shorter than the clips
they are applied to in Final Cut, as well (but not longer).
Almost nobody knows this is possible, but you can do it by
dragging in the time bar in the Filters tab.
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