Extendscript access to mask paths

[dheidel]

I haven't found a way to access the control points in a Premiere mask using extenscript, but I just wanted to confirm that it's not currently possible? And also to see if there's a feature request for that functionality somewhere that I can support? Being able to programmatically control masks from a Premiere Panel would introduce an incredible new area of panel functionality.

Thanks,

David

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

You have it right; no such access is currently available. I wrote up your feature request as DVAPR-4226166.

[dheidel]

Thanks. I also added it as a feature request on uservoice.com in case anyone stumbles across this thread and wants to vote for the feature.

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/41391052-allow-extendscript...

[Kamil Pekala]

You can use my Mask To Transform extension to convert mask path keyframes into keyframes of position, scale and rotation on a Transform effect. Maybe that can help you.

[russellaugust]

If Extendscript isn't able to access information about masks, how is the Mask To Transform extension able to accomplish this?

[Bruce Bullis]

I can't say (because I haven't seen their code) but I presume that, though there's no specific API around mask points, that data may well be available as 'components', associated with the param stream. 

[russellaugust · Accepted solution]

Just realized your plugin requires copy/pasting mask data.  So it bypasses extendscript entirely for this portion. 

[russellaugust]

Hey Bruce, I've been digging around the components and I'm not seeing any mention of masks.  Is there a way to even know whether a mask is or isn't present?  

[Bruce Bullis]

If it doesn't appear in a trackItem's component list, no.