Re: How to automate repetitive product video edits...

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 09, 2025

Hello Praveen, > Is full batch automation possible inside Premiere Pro? Yes. > Should we use ExtendScript / UXP scripting, or a plugin like Automation Blocks? That depends; if Automation Blocks works for you as is, use it. If you require functionality not provided by Automation Blocks, we would recommend that you explore UXP-based extensibility. > Is there an official recommended workflow for high-volume e-commerce video automation? No, but such integrations are pretty common, in PPro. They tend to be developed in-house, so it's hard to point to shipping examples.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 09, 2025

> The function in QE appears to be stubbed or deprecated without a documented replacement. This is not the case. Not sure why or how you're running into trouble with moveToTrack(); there have been zero changes to QE DOM APIs, and no such changes are planned or scheduled. Of course, the QE DOM will also remain 100% unsupported, and not at all recommended. 🙂 The 'premiere_api' UXP example plugin, the right starting point for any future integrations, shows how to clone and remove track items.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 08, 2025

For those following along, this seems to only impact transition plugins. When their Effect title is selected in the Effect Controls Panel, custom UI should be displayed in the Program monitor. In 25.6.3, it displays; in the current beta, it doesn't.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 08, 2025

Ok, I observed this happening at least once, but can no longer reproduce it using either "Block Party", nor the custom comp and ecw ui samples, from the AE SDK. Specifically: I'm seeing successful custom UI drawing from Block Party, CCU and Custom_ECW_UI plugins, in PPro beta 26.1.0x6. Gabriele, feel free to send me any/all info you find, which may help improve the repro.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 08, 2025

Repro'd; we're urgently triaging the issue.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 08, 2025

Your request makes sense... No further updates to CEP are planned or scheduled.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 04, 2025

You're not missing anything; there's no such API, today. Tracking the (totally sensible) request as DVATA-710; we'll keep you informed of our progress.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 04, 2025

>There is no access to File -> Export -> Captions or from the Text panel/captions tab Export -> SRT type processes? Correct. >I assume the sequence must already include a caption track and captions. Yes, to successfully export captions, a caption track must be present. 🙂

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 04, 2025

Yes, PPro can programmatically generate SRT files, using output presets (.epr files) that specify the desired output. At least one media (audio or video) file is also required, though your panel/plugin is welcome to delete that file, as desired. There is no documentation specific to caption tracks; the same encodeSequence() call is used for media and caption output (as described above).

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 03, 2025

Agreed; not exactly intuitive. I've asked for guidance from relevant workflow specialists.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 03, 2025

> Anything to report on this? No.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 02, 2025

PPro has no concept of 'clip-instance markers'; there are only sequence markers, or source markers. Which type of markers are you using in your current workflow? [I'd imagine source markers would correspond to the actual good takes in the source media...]

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 02, 2025

Understood! I suspect differences in OS-level security policies; perhaps someone with more node.js addon expertise can provide further guidance.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Dec 02, 2025

The CEP Test Extension successfully uses node.js, in PPro.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 26, 2025

Thanks! Yep, we can reproduce the problem, and are looking into it.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 26, 2025

Adobe hasn't announced any forthcoming AAF changes; we continue to recommend the workaround, referenced above.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 26, 2025

> Why? Because the previous library version (without that limitation) contained critical security problems, it was replaced with new AAF SDK library code.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 25, 2025

Could you send me an .xml that reproduces the behavior you've described? No media necessary. [I've DM'd you my adobe.com address]

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 20, 2025

No; still under active investigation.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 20, 2025

What Bin opening setting(s) do you have, in PPro's General prefs?

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 20, 2025

I'm seeing different behavior, in the current (25.6) release, and current (26.0) beta. Launch PPro. Open project containing some sequence. Export sequence. In Export pane, select a new Location (output destination); I created a new directory, "OutputDir", on my Desktop. Successfully export. Close PPro. Open PPro Open (or create) a project containing some entirely different sequence. Export sequence. Result: The Location (output directory) specified in the Export pane, is "OutputDir", the last directory to which I successfully exported.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 13, 2025

>...I get bugs... Specifically, what problem interactions are you seeing, between panels? Can you reliably reproduce them? As you say, ExtendScript execution is blocking and single-threaded; perhaps CEP interactions are happening, as well?

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 12, 2025

Thanks for the details! Are you perhaps using any 3rd party plugins or extensions, in PPro? [Not pointing fingers, just looking for info...]

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 12, 2025

Yours is the first report of anything like this behavior. If you can provide steps which reliably reproduce the behavior, we'd be happy to pursue it further. It would be interesting to know whether projects NOT in iCloud-sync'd folders display anything like this behavior, on your system.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 11, 2025

On what sort of storage, does your Production live; local disk? NAS?

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 11, 2025

>Is there a temporary/cache location where autosave projects are stored? Only the scratch disk location, in your Production settings.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 11, 2025

Looking...

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 11, 2025

>I was wondering how can we see the changes back on the phone? There's no going back. Sending to Premiere Pro is unidirectional; once the PrMobile project has been imported into PPro, it becomes a PPro project.

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 10, 2025

>That should be very helpful to Adobe to get rid of this bug. We wish! Actually, it isn't. We're urgently investigating this issue, and it would very much help us to know (from any of you who've encountered it); what sort of tasks were you doing in PPro, around the time your project(s) first became corrupted? [We realize you likely didn't discover the problem immediately, but even general guidance like "messing with the transcript" or "fiddling with effects parameters" might provide useful clues...]

Bruce Bullis · ‎Nov 10, 2025

Also...what does that dialog box, actually say?

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