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Hi everyone,
After hours of research, it seems like the only way for end-users to execute Extendscript is via Premiere Pro plugins. Is that correct?
So what I want is to create an application, maybe a web or a desktop application, and it will generate scripts that users can use to interact with Premiere Pro. Can you help to suggest some solutions to my problems?
Many thanks!
I don't understand why an external application would be desirable.
For a CEP panel hosted in PPro, importing and manipulating project items is easy. From an external application, it's basically impossible.
> Users should not have to install a CEP panel to use my products, right?
If your application exists to "create and manipulate elements within PPro projects", then users should only have to install a CEP panel, and not an external application. 🙂
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> it seems like the only way for end-users to execute Extendscript is via Premiere Pro plugins. Is that correct?
No.
A plug-ins is a compiled C++ code library; there is no ExtendScript involved. I think you may mean CEP panels, instead of plug-ins?
What sort of scripts do you hope to generate, for PPro users?
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I have an XML file describing a sequence, clip items, ..etc. The script will be used to import the file to PPro, and also generated some more advanced things like Adjustment Layer to the sequence.
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Why not simply process that file, from within a CEP panel, in PPro? Why is it desirable, that your integration require an additional external application?
Note: There is no API for adding adjustment layers, but you could import a template sequence (from a template project), into the user's current project.
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The reason for creating an application is to make the progress more user-friendly. Users should not have to install a CEP panel to use my products, right?
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I don't understand why an external application would be desirable.
For a CEP panel hosted in PPro, importing and manipulating project items is easy. From an external application, it's basically impossible.
> Users should not have to install a CEP panel to use my products, right?
If your application exists to "create and manipulate elements within PPro projects", then users should only have to install a CEP panel, and not an external application. 🙂