Premiere extendscript question

[jweisbin]

I know this forum is for the SDK, but I can't find anywhere to ask, so I thought I'd try here.

I'd like to try and accomplish the following workflow with Extendscript, either in Premiere or AE:

user opens a template project which contains a logo (graphic image in Illustrator format) and an audio file.

user drags in a movie file (formats/codecs may vary)

user moves the wiper to the desired start point (usually around 2 seconds in)

user runs script which does the following:

- cuts the movie from the beginning to the frame before the wiper position

- inserts the graphic and audio file on frame 1

- fills 2 seconds of black from frame 1

- starts the movie file from the end of the black

- exports the movie to a particular standard

Before I spend a lot of time on this, I'd like to know if the above sounds possible, or am I dreaming.

Thanks!

[e_d_ · Accepted solution]

Hi jweisbin,

this is possible to do, though I would suggest having a sequence already populated with the graphic and the audio, so you just need to add the portion of the individual input file.

[jweisbin]

Thanks for your response. Yes, I will have a template file with the graphic and audio. But should I be looking at Premiere for this, or AE?

[e_d_]

Let's say I would know how to do this in Premiere, for AE I can't tell.

Also, in my experience doing this in Premiere works far better because users will make less mistakes.

The potential of getting a, say, "unexpected" result is IMO far higher in AE.

[jweisbin]

Trying to get into this now, but I can't get extensions to show up in the extensions view. Is there a tutorial somewhere?

[Bruce Bullis]

The PProPanel readme details how to get PPro to load unsigned extensions.

Samples/ReadMe.md at master · Adobe-CEP/Samples · GitHub

[jweisbin]

I just upgraded from CC6 to CC7, and it looks like the PProPanel is installed by default, and is accessible via the extensions view. Thanks.

[Bruce Bullis]

Sorry I didn't think of that earlier; CS6, shipped in 2012, did not support HTML5-based panels, only Flex-based panels.

[Bruce Bullis]

Editing sounds like PPro's area.