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  • About auto create pdpcomp

    The q is following:
    1) we need pdp to scan folder
    2) take subfolders and add any .jpeg sequence inside to the timeline one by one, so we will have single comp from all the files
    3) maybe export this all to .nk script

    What's the steps to do that hassle free
    I just can't seem to trust myself
    So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
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    CG Artist

  • #2
    This should be possible via .bat or similar script if you are not on Windows.
    It's not clear in what order PDPplayer should read the directories and in what order it should arrange them into layers.

    The script could be something like:
    pdplayer folder1 --layer_position_after folder2 --layer_position_after...

    If you can provide an example with folder structure with files and already prepared .pdpcomp file where we can see the end result, we may provide better example script.
    Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
    Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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    • #3
      We're on windows

      I'm just curious - there's execute command file. So, I was interested in using this command file... I still not know what it does and how it supposed to be working.
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      Last edited by Paul Oblomov; 02-03-2018, 07:50 AM.
      I just can't seem to trust myself
      So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
      ---------------------------------------------------------
      CG Artist

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      • #4
        not possible, I suppose, right ?
        I just can't seem to trust myself
        So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
        ---------------------------------------------------------
        CG Artist

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        • #5
          Anyone ? Anyone ?
          I just can't seem to trust myself
          So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
          ---------------------------------------------------------
          CG Artist

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          • #6
            Check the attached file.
            We have followed your example when creating the example script.
            There is a .bat file into the archive, when you run it with double click it will scan all dirs and files, it will open .pdpcmd file with PDPlayer and will add images to separate layers.
            You can add and remove folder and files and when running the script it will update the composition file automatically.
            Attached Files
            Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
            Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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            • #7
              Oh kewl. It works

              How to add options to pdpcomp, so 4k footage will be seen in half quality ? just can't figure out the way of proper adding the settings.

              Like this from manual:
              --cmdfile=filename.txt

              edit

              ok i found a way to attach settings, but now - how to properly name the layers in pdpdcomp ? Like ep14_sc04_vfx080, now it looks like intermediate and you can't guess how it as named from the timeline.

              Like "ep14_sc04_vfx080/intermediate" --layer_position_after --layer_name ep14_sc04_vfx080
              Last edited by Paul Oblomov; 07-03-2018, 03:52 AM.
              I just can't seem to trust myself
              So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
              ---------------------------------------------------------
              CG Artist

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              • #8
                instead of
                HTML Code:
                --layer_name ep14_sc04_vfx080
                use:
                HTML Code:
                --name=ep14_sc04_vfx080
                Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
                Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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                • #9
                  I mean, how automatically add name from f.e. folder name or sequence name ? For now, they are named "intermediate" only.
                  I just can't seem to trust myself
                  So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
                  ---------------------------------------------------------
                  CG Artist

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                  • #10
                    Yes, they are named "intermediate" since the subfolder uses that name.
                    By default PDPLayer uses folder name for the layers when files are loaded from folders, and file_name###.### when files are loaded directly.
                    The script we sent is developed according to the example file you sent us, it searches for all root directories, then into intermediate subfolder and load all files from there, and of course the name of the layer is intermediate.
                    If you modify it to load the files from different folders it will use different name for the layers as well.
                    Svetlozar Draganov | Senior Manager 3D Support | contact us
                    Chaos & Enscape & Cylindo are now one!

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                    • #11
                      hm hm hm will think about it a lil more
                      Last edited by Paul Oblomov; 13-03-2018, 04:04 AM.
                      I just can't seem to trust myself
                      So what chance does that leave, for anyone else?
                      ---------------------------------------------------------
                      CG Artist

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                      • #12
                        If you can provide an example with folder structure with files and already prepared .pdpcomp file where we can see the end result, we may provide better example script.

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