Need help creating an Automation Blocks script to copy/paste clips from one timeline to another
- July 28, 2025
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Hi there!
I have to pull a large number of vfx shots from the edit timeline of a film I'm working on, so I can export plates.
I have a spreadsheet with all of the in/out timecodes of where the clips are in the edit timeline, so I figured there must be a way to automate this - search the timeline for the clip at the specified tc, copy the clip, paste into a new sequence.
I've watched a bunch of the tutorials, read a number of different posts and I still haven't gotten anything to work. I even tried having chatGPT help out, and still nothing so far. I know a couple of the tuts referenced automating things via a spreadsheet, but I guess my brain still hasn't clicked into the logic of Automation Blocks yet, cause I'm just banging my head against a wall.
Regarding chatGPT - I followed the prompt guidelines on the mamoworld site here:
https://docs.mamoworld.com/automation-blocks/forChatGPT/
and it did spit out an xml file for me, but it doesn't seem to do anything when executed in AB. I've attached that script in case anyone wants to have a look.
Anyway, any thoughts, or help, or suggestions would be welcome. Automation Blocks is amazing, I just gotta get thru the learning curve I guess.
Thanks for your time!
