proceditor
procedual video editing for blender. first time addon developer, expect shitty code
What follows is a bunch of rambling about how the addon could work
Dependencies
only runs on unix like systems
youtube_dl ddgimcli ffmpeg npm xclip
TODO
alert when template is not found add menu for markup clips offset markup clips when stacked
metaclip support for modifying templates
ability to freeze compiled clip for manual editing
adjustkeyframes beginning keyframes
Templates
Templates are metaclips which take parameters that alter their contents.
To create a template, create a metaclip (ctrl + g with a strip selected) and name it
template_keyword
example
template_text
Placeholders
Placeholders are clips inside templates that have their contents replaced by the
template parameters. Their naming scheme is :parameter_index:options. The most
simple example is a text clip with the name :0: (Parameters start at 0). This
text clip will take the first parameter passed to the template as the text
content.
Text placeholders
These take a single tring as their argument and will replace their content with that string
Empty metaclip placeholders
Upon compilation these will pull any clips close to the markup clip inside them, allowing for things like splitscreen, or reusing movement animations for arbitrary clips
Markup Clips
Markup clips are text clips which have contents matching a simple markup language. The markup contains a template name along with some parameters. Proceditor can replace these with a copy of the specified template and apply the parameters from the text to the template.
The syntax for markup clips is
;templatename;parameter1;parameter2
Example
;title;This is the content of a title
template ideas
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twitter
- syntax: tw
- parameter 1 is link to tweet
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reddit
- syntax: re
- parameter 1 is link to post
-
quote
- syntax: q
- parameter 1 is name
- parameter 2 is content
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stinger transition
- syntax: s
-
square hover
- syntax:h
- normal hover
-
square hmm
- syntax:hm
- rotating lots of squares
- adjustkeyframes
-
square angry
- syntax:hm
- red square noice modifier
- adjustkeyframes
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website
- syntax:w
- give link, get scrolling screenshot
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music
- syntax: m
- give link, download music with youtube-dl, insert
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youtube video
- give in/out parameter to download specific portion of video
Placeholder ideas
- color clip
- parameter is color
- can be hex code or selection from colorscheme
mrkp - Non-verbose markup language. Doesn't need autocomplete to be usable
options without separator;semicolon.objecttype:content1::content2::content3
TODO for the far future
metaclip templates via name
- layout templates
- everything inside metaclip gets autoarranged
- things can appear with time offset
- examples
- grid
- splitscreen
telegram sticker template
parameter, template etc markup abbreviations
define custom templates in blend file
multithreaded compilation
old documentation stuff, please rework
parameter:keyword:number clips get altered by markup
options;yourclipname gets modifiers applied to it for instance, adjustkeyframes for clips that aren't parameters
parameter:keyword:number
insert image from keyword