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How to check if a clip on my active timeline is Enabled or Disabled in Automation Blocks (plugin)

  • March 4, 2024
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I have a Automation Blocks (Mamoworld Première Pro plugin) XML script that runs some actions on clips that are on my timeline. Actually, I only want to run the actions (read names & meta data) for clips that are actually ENABLED (thus, not disabled), cause these are the clips that are actually IN USE on the timeline.

 

In the Mamoworld documentation, I could not find how to check for the 'enabled' property.


The Première Pro API scripting docs do show that property:
https://ppro-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/item/trackitem.html#trackitem-disabled

 

How to check it within the Automation Blocks script? Help is appreciated.

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    Correct answer Mathias Moehl

    Automation Blocks does not support this, yet, but I have it on my feature request list already. Actually more control over tracks and the missing project item attributes are pretty high on my list already.

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    Mathias Moehl
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    Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
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    April 4, 2024

    Update: Today we published Automation Blocks 1.1.000, which contains the "enabled" property in the blocks Get Property of Clips and Set Property of Clips 🙂

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    Mathias Moehl
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    Mathias MoehlCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 4, 2024

    Automation Blocks does not support this, yet, but I have it on my feature request list already. Actually more control over tracks and the missing project item attributes are pretty high on my list already.

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
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      frmlbamstrdmAuthor
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      March 4, 2024

      @Mathias Moehl   Thanks.🙏 Any idea of an ETA/timeline for this implementations? ☺️ ( Cause now, the script is quite useless. Can't think of a workaround either. I just need it to skip disabled clips... 😐)

      Mathias Moehl
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      Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
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      March 5, 2024

      Time is hard to estimate - depends on how much unpredictable issues show up during the development.

       

      1) in the Pr menu "Sequence->Simplify Sequence" create a duplicate of your sequence in which all disabled clips are removed
      2) run your Automation Blocks tool on that simplified sequence

      Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
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      frmlbamstrdmAuthor
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      March 4, 2024

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