Adam Teale: News From Above

fcp 7 to nuke

Adam — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:47:49 +0000

Scenario
A FCP 7 timeline with 20 shots in it (all in one video layer).
I need to comp them all separately in nuke.
I want to have each shot in a separate numbered directory, with subdirectories for “scripts” and “renders”

Here is a little python script i wrote this morning to export a basic FCP 7 timeline as a series of nuke scripts into numbered shot directories.
This script parses an XML file that I exported from FCP 7 (the sequence/edit).

I have only used this for the purposes i needed, but it works.
Perhaps it could be expanded to incorporate multiple video layers.

Each nuke script that is generated is just a read node, with the nuke.root frame range set to the duration of the clip in FCP 7.

Even if the script doesn’t help everyone’s fcp7-nuke needs I found that i learnt a lot about Python’s elementTree XML library. Nice clean simple.
And also this page was a big help to get things going:
http://drumcoder.co.uk/blog/2010/jun/17/using-elementtree-python/

The script needs to be run from a shell/terminal:
python /path/to/the/script/fcpNuke.py /path/to/you/xmlfile.xml

*file re-uploaded 11 May 2012

The script:
fcp7toNuke (14)

2 Comments

At Fri 11, May 2012, Bart Verkoeijen wrote:
The script download gives a error 500. Maybe archive to zip?
At Sat 12, May 2012, Adam wrote:
Thanks for spotting that! dude! File is now available as a zip.

Planet Kapow 39 : Fundacion Viracocha

Adam — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:28:22 +0000

Well after 9 months or we finally got our hands dirty volunteering at Fundacion Viracocha for 2 weeks. It was a great experience despite some terrible sand fly bites! The area around San Agustin is particularly beautiful so I’d definitely put it in your travels plans when you hit Colombia next!

Read Lachie’s article and check out the video here: http://www.planetkapow.com/1953

A PK Preview: Ecuador

Adam — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:21:24 +0000

A little taste of what’s coming up in Planet Kapow’s videos.

ECUADOR!!!

(via http://planetkapow.com)

How to make Peruvian style Ceviche

Adam — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:24:12 +0000

Carina shows us how to make Peruvian style Ceviche

Botswana Music Guitar – Ronnie – “Happy New Year”!

Adam — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:46:46 +0000

Liam sent me a link to this great clip of a guy called Ronnie in Botswana playing some ridiculously cool guitar (like the technique too). Love the tune!

More of this guys’ cool music: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bokete7

1 Comments

At Tue 17, April 2012, Rakhi Sharma wrote:
While watching this video I have a smile on my face. It has absolutely made my day beautiful. What a cheerful tune!!...Indeed a real mood uplifting video :) Rakhi

Planet Kapow 37 : San Gil to Bogota

Adam — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:25:02 +0000

Hola y bienvenidos a este episodio de PK. En este episodio visitamos San Gil, Barichara, Guane y Villa de Leyva.

Come watch us slide down natural rock slides, chance a game of “tejo”, eat some fat assed ants, chill under a waterfall, hang out with a giant Kronosaurus skeleton & various phallic stone carvings in Villa de Leyva and then go explore Colombia’s capital Bogota.

Lachlan’s writeup and the video are over here:

http://www.planetkapow.com/1937

Planet Kapow 36 : Mompox to Medellin

Adam — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:17:54 +0000

Yes, we are a bit behind with the videos. 4-5 countries or so.
But, so what, here is episode 36!

Up north in Colombia we make our way down to Mompox, accompanied by new Planet Kapow member Mr Phil Berry.

From Mompox we head down to the metropolis of Medellin for some party time and a splash in the pool.

Head on over to Planet Kapow and have a read and watch of our latest creation:
http://www.planetkapow.com/1934

Planet Kapow 35 : Cartagena to Taganga

Adam — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:40:01 +0000

Ta dah!

Ep 35 we take a line up Colombia to Cartagena and explore all that is one of the most beautiful cities so far.

Then we plop into Volcan Totuma and float in the mud, then continue north to the perhaps once inviting Santa Marta and then realise that we probably should have been in Taganga the whole time.

And THEN… Phil Berry comes and rocks the scene.

Ladies & gentlemen head on over the planetkapow and read Lachie’s latest writeup and check out the video.

Planet Kapow 35 : Cartagena to Taganga

Planet Kapow 34 : Panama City to Turbo (Darién gap)

Adam — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:06:28 +0000

Hola Amigos!

Here we go, the big moment when we crossed from the wonderful world of central america, to the unknown that is south america.

We missed out on the cheap flights from Panama to Colombia, and the $500 5 day yacht cruise wasn’t exciting anyone, so we found a 3rd option. Get to the eastern Panamanian coast and try to catch little boats/rafts/turtles to make our way to Turbo.

In the end it took us 4 days and a lot of waiting around…

But, I will say that it was definitely worth the experience. I have spent so much time sitting in a wooden boat complaining about how much my ass hurt.

Mujeres y Caballeros, here is ep 34! Make sure to check out Lachie’s writeup which goes right into the details of the journey to Colombia.

http://www.planetkapow.com/1912

Planet Kapow 33 : La Fortuna to Panama City

Adam — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:17:39 +0000

The end of our central america chapter. In Ep 33 we cut through Costa Rica with blistering speed and hit Panama to explore Bocas del Toro and say our farewells to the wonderful part of the world.

Come see what we got up to and have a read of Lachie’s great writeup:

http://www.planetkapow.com/1862

Wow…362 days on the road!

1 Comments

At Fri 26, August 2011, Bart wrote:
Like the wide pictures in the post. Wow-HD, so today it's one year, right? Truly amazing!