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Hello, everyone!.
I hope everyone is well.
I'd like to convert a after effect plugin to premiere plugin. Is it possible and easy?
If so, how can I convert simply it?
Thanks.
Igor.
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Hi Igor.
AE and premier use roughly the same API for plug-ins. so an AE plug-in can
be used as-is in premier as long as:
1. it supports the old "render" and "frame setup" calls, and not only the
SmartFX "smart render" and "pre-render" calls, as premier doesn't support
SamrtFX. (a plug-in can support both in parallel)
2. the plug-in doesn't use any of the AEGP suites, which premier doesn't
support.
if both criteria are met, your AE plug-in should be good for use in
premier.
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Hi Igor.
AE and premier use roughly the same API for plug-ins. so an AE plug-in can
be used as-is in premier as long as:
1. it supports the old "render" and "frame setup" calls, and not only the
SmartFX "smart render" and "pre-render" calls, as premier doesn't support
SamrtFX. (a plug-in can support both in parallel)
2. the plug-in doesn't use any of the AEGP suites, which premier doesn't
support.
if both criteria are met, your AE plug-in should be good for use in
premier.
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Thanks. Shachar.
One more question.
Can I use script on Premiere Pro like After Effect?
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as far as i know, no. but please don't take my word for it! premier isn't
my strong suite.
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Thanks.
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Nope, Premiere Pro does not support AEGP and scripting. As far as I know, it might possibly be planned for a future release, but for now, you have to do without it.
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Hi Igor,
Just wanted to clarify, Premiere Pro CC does support scripting via HTML5 panels. This has been built out extensively in recent years. The scripting DOM for each application is different, so you will need to see how to recreate anything you have in AE for PPro. Also, PPro doesn't yet have an equivalent for AEGP_ExecuteScript(), so you can't call scripts using a plug-in callback as you can in AE.
Here is the panel/scripting SDK for Premiere Pro:
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Thanks Zac.
Is there any function which perform similar functionality like AEGP_ExecuteScript function?
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No, PPro doesn't yet have such an equivalent. Is that something you could use in a future version of Premiere Pro CC? (We won't be adding features to Premiere Pro CS6)
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Also, I am not sure if this is still relevant, but some years ago (CS6 times?), you had to support Premiere Pro's BGRA pixel format in addition to AE's ARGB, but as I said, things might have changed now.
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Thanks. Toby.
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