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Using Automator and AppleScript to automatically change an angle of a multicam clip every n seconds – how?
I have 1 hour long multicam clip (2 cameras, 1 audio) that i’m not going to fully watch but i need to change camera every 15 and 30 seconds (first camera is on for 30 seconds, then second camera is on for 15 seconds – and so on till the end). How can i make a script to do this work automatically?
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FCPX isn’t scriptable so I don’t think there’s any way to automate this within FCPX.
The only thing that comes to mind is that if you grab a keyboard macro app, you might be able to set up some keyboard macros to jump 15 seconds then switch to angle 1 and another to jump 30 seconds then switch to angle 2, then another macro to repeatedly alternate the first two until the end.
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Artur, tell us, please, how you’ve done it as a result?
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I wrote a script using AppleScript in Automator (Service gets no input data in Final Cut Pro).
on run {input, parameters}tell application "System Events"
tell process "Final Cut Pro"
delay 3
key code 123 using {control down, command down}
repeat 80 times
delay 1
keystroke "+"
set textToType to "30."
keystroke textToType
keystroke return
keystroke "2"
keystroke "+"
set textToType to "15."
keystroke textToType
keystroke return
keystroke "1"
end repeat
end tell
end tell
return input
end run
This script simulates my hotkeys: it chooses first cam, then after 30 seconds – second cam, then after 15 seconds – first cam and repeats for 80 times which equals 60 minutes.
I run service in final cut services and then just wait for it to finish. -
Wow, it’s impressive. Didn’t know FCPX can be scriptable.
Thanks for your example!Can you tell me, is it possible to do a script for a drop-down menu?
I need to change multicam properties for a thousand clips, but the “Modify” button in the inspector disappears when selecting more than one clip.
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