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Looking to write a DaVinci Resolve plugin

The Resolve scripting API comes with DaVinci Resolve Studio. The most platform-agnostic way of finding it is through the Resolve "help" menu, under Help->Documentation->Developer. ...
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Simple Prowl notifications for After Effects render completion

The script extract you include: app.project.renderQueue.render(); function(){system.callSystem(“Open growlnotify")}; has a dodgy opening quote. “ is not the same as " - this is why you are getting ...
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Unable to convert Avisynth script in ffmpeg

From FFmpeg source code: On Windows, FFmpeg supports AviSynth interface version 6 or higher. This includes AviSynth 2.6 RC1 or higher, and AviSynth+ r1718 or higher, and excludes 2.5 and the 2....
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Illustrator "Release to Layers" but keep names?

I use this script from Carlos Canto. After releasing layers it will name new top level layers based on sublayer name. The link to the adobe forum is broken now so I don't think this is accessible ...
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How do I decide between 2 column layout and single page layout for script?

If you're writing a feature film, or television show, use single column script format. Why? Because that is the standard. If you're writing a video script for a corporate client, you want to use Two-...
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A program or script to overlay several video clips

While having some fun in Python programming language I found a library that allows users to write custom code to overlay (possibly) infinite amount of clips. MoviePy Hope this helps!
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FFmpeg convert 1 JPEG frame to 10 sec video

The simplest way is ffmpeg -loop 1 -t 10 -i input.jpg output.mp4 The explanation and additions: Your input file (an image) will go through the default image2 demuxer, which makes a video stream ...
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Find duration only with ffprobe in Windows

First, if you just want information about a file, you should probably use "ffprobe", not "ffmpeg". Otherwise you'll get an answer, but you'll also have an error return status. As ...
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how to automate interviews

Resolve supports scripting with Python, though you’ll need to write your own script. Fusion, included with Resolve, supports scripting with both Python and Lua. There aren’t really templates, per se, ...
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How to delete the very last frame of a video using ffmpeg / mencoder / transcode or any other?

Your first line, which attempts to get the number of frames does not work for me. For whatever reason my test files report 'N/A' rather than a number. But since it worked for you, you were almost done....
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How long does it take to write a script

You are thinking about this the wrong way. First, you already have an established budget and the number of people you want as collaborators. You can say "I am looking to work with 10 people to write ...
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help to animate an lower thirds that's positioned by expressions

There are some built-in functions just for this purpose. You'll find them in the interpolation folder in the expression drop-down. The simplest is the linear() function: linear(t, value1, value2) ...
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How to change AviSynth plugins directory?

As the docs indicate, you have to create registry keys to tell Avisynth+ where to look. They are PluginDir+ in Software/Avisynth in HKEY_CURRENT_USER PluginDir+ in Software/Avisynth in ...
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Illustrator "Release to Layers" but keep names?

found the non-script answer: Select toplevel layer. select release to layers. Shift drag sublayers out the top layer. (from 'learning illustrator')
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