Archive for applescript

Applescript it and put your feet up...

2 Applescripts for Final cut pro Editors

FCP, applescript, shortcut on February 15th, 2010 12 Comments

Here are two scripts that I recently made. I use one script at work that is remarkably similar to this, so I wrote these two up to share. FCPFolderMaker is a simple app that builds a folder structure for you to organize your project with. The structure is as seen in the photo below. It [...]

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keep your eyes on that folder...

General applescript file watcher

After Effects, FCP, applescript, compressor on February 1st, 2010 No Comments

This script is from macworld, (osx only) but the way they posted is not only horribly un-user-friendly, it also wouldn’t compile without a lot of text massaging. I decided to put it up here to save you the trouble and explain 3 ways it can be used. What it does is to look at a [...]

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Auto upload to ftp - set it and forget it!

Get compressor to upload to ftp once finished

FCP, applescript, automation, compressor on January 22nd, 2010 11 Comments

This is something I have been going back and forth on for quite some time. I love the idea of a drag and drop upload to ftp. I absolutely hate the idea of having to hard code the ftp password into a piece of applescript. If that script accidentally ends up in the wrong hands [...]

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Let the pictures do the talking.

quicktime footage to contact sheet, automated in 2 steps

FCP, applescript, automation on January 11th, 2010 6 Comments

Contact sheets can be an incredibly useful tool to deal with tons of photos. For non-photographic types, these are sheets with lots of little thumbnails on them to quickly show a lot of images. One little-known use is to use them to show stills pulled from a video. This can help to show clients / [...]

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Brains... not Brawn.

Email me when that is finished, compressor!

applescript, automation, compressor on December 30th, 2009 1 Comment

I don’t know if you have ever been able to get compressor to email you when it is done compressing, but I never have. The email control panel in compressor never seems to get the job done, so I decided to go about it a different way. I just wrote an applescript that you can [...]

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