premiere-pro-cmake-plugin

Adobe provides a C++ API to build plugins for its suite, including Premiere Pro.

Unfortunately they provide separate MSVC and XCode project files, meaning additional build flags and dependencies (like third-party libraries) need to be manually added to each.

CMake has become the default 'standard' for cross-platform builds; popularly for C and C++.

This project aims to be a good starter for cross-platform Premiere Pro plugin development, including those that have third-party dependencies.

vcpkg

vcpkg is an open-source cross-platform library package management system from Microsoft; targeting macOS, Linux, and Windows.

It's very popular, and has strong CMake integration. Henceforth, it is chosen for this project as an example of third-party library integration.

Install vcpkg, configure it with your system. Then run:

[root]/vcpkg/vcpkg install openssl zlib

Premiere Pro SDK

Due to licensing issues, this cannot be included directly. You must specify it in the build step with -DADOBE_PP_SDK. Download the SDK here; then unzip: https://console.adobe.io/servicesandapis

Tested with:

Premiere Pro CC 13.0 Mac SDK [CC 2019 ; Release 1 - Oct 2018]
- unzip and set -DADOBE_PP_SDK to that dir

Build

$ mkdir 'cmake-build-debug' && cd "$_"
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE='[root]/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake' \
        -DADOBE_PP_SDK='[path_to_pp_sdk]' \
        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Debug' \
        ..
$ cmake --build .

License

Licensed under either of

Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

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