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Is there a way to make a filter out of this? Mr. Nattress?
I was looking to possibly buy Nuendo for audio work and to complement FCP 4.5. If you use Automatic Duck’s FCP Export you can export an OMF file that has a lot of the audio information and audio work you’ve done in FCP. The problem is, Nuendo can import audio keyframes but ignores clip-based gains (i.e. volume adjustments). Automatic Duck therefore recommends you add at least one audio keyframe to each audio clip before exporting to Nuendo.
Going back and adding a keyframe to each clip like that would take ages and be prone to error. So, I was wondering if it was at all possible to have some kind of filter or process that could add keyframes to the head and tail of each clip in a sequence. That way, you could just make an “a” or alternate version of the sequence you’re working on and be ready for the Automatic Duck export to Nuendo with all you volume adjustments intact.
So, is this possible, or am I just dreaming? I know Mr. Nattress has a reputation for saying, “Hey, that’s a great idea. I’ll go make a filter to do that.” This may not be the same kind of thing, but I think it sure would be useful to a number of people. Any hope? Thanks ahead of time for any help! -
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I don’t think a filter could do this, but you could write a little program or shell script to do this to an FCP xml file. Reimport the xml file, then export the OMF.
However, in my personal experience with FCP 4.1.1, I’ve found that XML re-importing is not 100% reliable. Other people’s mileage may vary.
Matt Lyon
CORE Feature Animation
Toronto -
Sorry for the delay, but thank you for the response! That does sound promising. However, I’m a FCP newbie so I know nothing about scripts or XML. How hard would it be to make something like that and whom could I go to to do it?
I’d DEFINITELY like to run some tests on any script or XML if someone could make one. So any idea on where to go from here?
Thanks again! -
Not sure how to respond. I doubt you’d find anybody who’d work on this for free, unless they themselves need a product like this or think they can sell it to enough people to recoup their time. Have you tried contacting Automatic Duck?
Matt Lyon
CORE Feature Animation
Toronto -
Matt,
Seriously, thank you for the response. I’m definitely out of my league here and any input is very helpful. I haven’t contacted Automatic Duck yet for two reasons: #1 Their site says they’re all at IBC, #2 I thought if there was a possibility of making a filter (now thinking of a script or XML) that FCP people would be the ones to talk to. The problem is I know absolutely nothing about how to write an XML or script, so I don’t know how complicated it would be or whom to approach.
I’d think such a script or XML would be a pretty popular item. If Automatic Duck programs something to get the 2 to talk, then there’s got to be a market. I’d definitely pay $100 or so for such a product.
So, I’ll contact Automatic Duck and see what they say. In the meantime, could you tell me if such a script or XML would constitute a significant amount of work, or if this would be pretty basic?
Thanks again! -
Glad to help, but I don’t know if I’m qualified enough to say how much work such a script would take. The logic of what the program would be required to do seems pretty basic. I’d imagine an experienced programmer could do it in a day or two. Take what I say with a grain of salt! I may be totally off base and it turns out this is really hard to do.
There is tons of information on the web about learning how to program, if you are interested. Most of what I know, I found through google. If you are really interested, people often recommend starting with an “easier” language like python. However, if you’ve never even opened a terminal window, you may be in for a pretty serious time commitment. Good luck!
Matt Lyon
CORE Feature Animation
Toronto
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