[Sunit Parekh-gaihede]

FYI – what I ended up doing was writing a python script that would parse the Final Cut XML from the source, extract the multi-clips with angles, and recreate a new XML file with each angle transformed to its correct corner in the view.

I could then import this XML into FCP and render it out. We have a lot of 4 camera sequences, so the overhead of writing a script made sense, and the solution is now programmatic (rather than manual).

The most complex part of the process was the parse/recreate of the XML format through Python – I wonder if someone’s written a Final Cut XML library for Python to make that work easier.

In any case, thanks for the input.

Sunit

[Sunit Parekh-gaihede]

Thanks for the replies. Would using fx templates simply be a way of simplifying the task of transforming each clip of the multi clip? Or, alternatively, is it possible to use the plugin sdk to transform existing clips, or apply other clip level operations on a sequence?

I’ve also thought about using a video/screen capture, as Don suggests, but I haven’t tested the fidelity of running a frame capture while the clips are also playing. Considering that I would need to individually capture each multi clip anyways, it seems like I would just be better off reconstructing the edit with transformed clips.

Sunit