[Chris Wright]

that appears to be
Save Animation Preset.. correct?

You can either use AE CS3 Command ID’s in scripting

//alert(app.findMenuCommandId(“Save Animation Preset…”)); // returns 3075
app.executeCommand(3075);

save dialog box is not controllable so you need to either hit OK by hand or have some sort of system key macro or script acknowledging the save dialog box.

https://www.sundstedt.se/aescripts/AE_CS3_Command_IDs.pdf

or shell command a macro program like autohotkey

you will get a lot more help in aehancers.com.
https://aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=889&hilit=execute

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[Chris Wright]

unless you want to go crazy and program the code yourself, I’d recommend simply taking the data from a command line tool already finished.

exiftool(-k).exe
https://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

adobe has their xmp sdk download with sample code too.
https://metadatadeluxe.pbworks.com/Adobe-XMP

if you do want to go crazy, here’s some prebuilt libraries with examples
https://www.codeproject.com/KB/graphics/exifextractor.aspx
https://www.drewnoakes.com/code/exif/sampleUsage.html
https://borys.name/blog/extract_xmp_tags_from_jpeg_in_java.html

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[Chris Wright]

i’d recomend downloading ffdshow and using its directshow interface to reset libracodec RV24. An installation of a new codec changed its fourcc open library path.

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[Chris Wright]

I don’t know if this will help you but when I have carousel cameras, I use super-super long lenses to remove any possible distortion from very far away so that squares stay square.

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[Chris Wright]

you’ve got a bad registry problem all right. Hard to nail down. Often I delete registry stuff by hand, but unless you know what you’re doing, your computer can stop working too. Luckily, adobe has a program to fix this stuff automatically. Google adobe cleaner.
Good luck.

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[Chris Wright]

here’s an improved version that creates automatic light wrap around objects and enhances the contrast.

features:

1.sharpen image
2.highlight glow
3.random light
4.film saturation contrast

AE cs3 aep
https://www.mediafire.com/?9m3afa3zihu4ipy

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[Chris Wright]

isn’t this the reverse of how they did the matrix effects? They used interpolation software. I don’t know if this will work, but this technique works for jumpy pans, tilts, dollies.

1.Put 29.97i video in new 59.94 “start” comp so that timewarp can access both fields.

2. add effect->time->timewarp speed at 50%,

3. make new “output” comp 99 fps and drop “start” comp inside it with timestretch 50%

4. output “output” comp with same fps. It will maintain the same fps but will smooth out any jerky movements.

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[Chris Wright]

I’m pretty busy today but it’s basically going to be
AE’s smartimport.jsx mixed with an idea like this. You’re basically going to check the hard drive for sequential numbers. If they are missing, force a exit point in the smartimport.jsx code.

https://aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1192&p=4608&hilit=empty

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[Chris Wright]

“is there an easy way to see which file from the sequence is currently displayed?”

by Dan Ebberts

This expression (for a text layer’s source text) gives the name of the source of the current active layer (if it has no source it gives the layer name). Apply to a text layer at the top of the layer stack.

This source text layer has to be right above the footage for it to work. At the splice point of a new layer, it will update the name automatically. Set file project settings to frames.
—–

as for…
“image sequence with several gaps”

you’re looking at a combo of AE’s smartimport.jsx script mixed with empty layer scripting. Not super easy, but definately doable.

txt = “”;
for (j = 1; j <= thisComp.numLayers; j++){
if (j == index) continue;
L = thisComp.layer(j);
if (! (L.hasVideo && L.active)) continue;
if (time >= L.inPoint && time < L.outPoint){
try{
txt = L.source.name;
}catch(err1){
txt = L.name
}
break;
}
}
txt + ” ” + timeToCurrentFormat(time)

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[Chris Wright]

that sounds like something that could be incredibly usefull. I’d definately post in the expression forum about finding the gap issue, then take that over to https://aenhancers.com/. If you are willing to upload a scratch copy, I’d be willing to help out. Sounds like fun.

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