movie clip combiner script
Posted: September 21st, 2015, 4:02 am
Hi,
I've been scripting in 3D for many years, as well as Windows shell and more, but never for AE.
I need to prepare a script that is relatively simple - but I don't know how to approach it and would be very happy to get some help on the matter.
I have many movie clips in a folder and I would like to combine every three clips (by name) into one movie clip, where I place the clips side by side. The clips all have the name "CAM1" or "CAM2" or "CAM3" in them so I know which clip should be on the left, right or center.
The clips are all at a resolution of 1024x576 50 fps. I would like them to be placed in a long composition 3072x576 and be at 25 fps. They should be placed like this: CAM2-CAM3-CAM1
The output would probably be the base-name with a "combined" instead of "CAM#":
basename_CAM1.mp4 + basename_CAM2.mp4 + basename_CAM3.mp4 = basename_combined.mp4
As a last step - I would like to overlay a timecode over the composition (probably over the center clip), starting from the first frame number, before it outputs to render.
Thanks.
I've been scripting in 3D for many years, as well as Windows shell and more, but never for AE.
I need to prepare a script that is relatively simple - but I don't know how to approach it and would be very happy to get some help on the matter.
I have many movie clips in a folder and I would like to combine every three clips (by name) into one movie clip, where I place the clips side by side. The clips all have the name "CAM1" or "CAM2" or "CAM3" in them so I know which clip should be on the left, right or center.
The clips are all at a resolution of 1024x576 50 fps. I would like them to be placed in a long composition 3072x576 and be at 25 fps. They should be placed like this: CAM2-CAM3-CAM1
The output would probably be the base-name with a "combined" instead of "CAM#":
basename_CAM1.mp4 + basename_CAM2.mp4 + basename_CAM3.mp4 = basename_combined.mp4
As a last step - I would like to overlay a timecode over the composition (probably over the center clip), starting from the first frame number, before it outputs to render.
Thanks.