Code to upgrade captions into Graphics? + Doing it manually though Third tier program?

[Bed30321077z973]

Hello,

Is there any code API, that allow you to convert all captions into graphics somehow?

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Otherwise, is it possible to program a code that transforms them into text graphics?

The problem is I looked at my project.prproj and its giberrish, I cannot identify where are the text graphics I had to see How I can reproduce them.

In any case I need a solution.

What can we do?

Thanks

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

>Is there any code API, that allow you to convert all captions into graphics somehow?

No. As we've said a few times, there is no API around Captions. 

[Bed30321077z973]

What I was looking for is a way to interact with captions, direclty or indireclty, so we stablished there is no API around them, but there might be methods involving PPRO itself that could allow us to interact with the captions.

For instance, PPRO ability to read XML files it seems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWRLDcrOhIA, as mentioend in the other post, at 3:40 )

So this can be used like the following:

- Import SRT file from captions (manually)

- use a script to modify the srt (indireclty the captions) - If you have useful prior info about the changes needed to be made.

- transform the srt into an XML, with your own local script.

- Import the XML into PPRO and use it to produce TEXT graphics on a video track (just like the youtuber did)

- run the API that can INTERACT WITH TRACK ITEMS, to modify as you see fit

Making it possible to actually use the api to interact with the caption (indirectly)

All we need to know now is: "How should the XML file be structured?" to be understood by PPRO and be converted into text graphics ? (like it has been done in that youtube video)

That's the missing link to achieve interactbility with Captions, and resolving the issue of missing captions api functions.

[Eager_Aurora1563]

a bump on this would be nice. it seems UXP has access to Caption Tracks via the API but it seems to be limited what you can do with it. being able to Upgrade Captions to Graphics by selecting and doing the action via API would be a game changer. otherwise, it seems .xml importing into text graphics still works well and might just be accessible by ExtendScript

[Bruce Bullis]

>...might just be accessible by ExtendScript

You're welcome to try, but we're not optimistic about your chances for success.

Our recommendation remains waiting for UXP extensibilitys support; no dates available.

[Eager_Aurora1563]

yeah, it seems doing anything for the text graphic in the Source Text
category is a bust for ExtendScript, which is sad as that’s all i needed
for the workflow i’m doing. i guess i’ll be waiting for UXP to get more
progress, just hoping it’s soon as it seems UXP can at least read caption
track and their item’s data which is a step forward.