Re: FxPlug/FCP clip view time offset
Re: FxPlug/FCP clip view time offset
- Subject: Re: FxPlug/FCP clip view time offset
- From: Paul Schneider <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:58:07 -0600
Hi Eberhard,
There isn't a reliable way to detect whether you are in the canvas or viewer. This is a long-standing issue in Final Cut. You'll notice that some of our own plugins (like Earthquake, or any that are dependent on the current frame value) have the same offset issue.
- Paul
On Jan 19, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Eberhard Ammelt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in an fxplug filter I need to synchronize some data that I had previously extracted from input frames with the current frame to render.
> This works correctly in FCP when rendering to the sequence view, but when the effect renders to the clip view, I need to apply a time offset in order to keep data and video synchronized.
> The offset needed here is the clip's in point, which I can retrieve with the timingApi's method "inPointOfTimelineForEffect" when rendering to the clip view. (In contrast, when rendering to the sequence view, this returns the sequence's in point, as the name suggests).
>
> As I need to apply this offset only when rendering to the clip view, I would need to detect wether it's rendering to the clip view or to the sequence view.
> Is there any way to do this, or any other solution to this problem?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Eberhard _______________________________________________
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