Procreate Timelapse Batch Exporter from either .procreate files or application content. Scripted in AutoHotkey.
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| .procreate file method | App content method[^stack bug] |
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[^Stack bug]: Currently bugged for files outside "Stack" folders, they get appended to the last stack. First thing in gallery may have to be a stack for this method to work at all.
| Date (hh:mm yy-mm-dd) | Description | |
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| v1 | 23:29 19-12-17 | ParseXML + KeepOnlyE parsing to a temp file |
| v2 | 18:47 20-01-19 | binary PLIST to XML (finder.archive) using plutil, parsing to a variable instead of a file, user file selection and info |
| v3 | 3:45 20-01-20 | testing/debugging, PLIST to XML variable, completely rewritten ParseXML |
| v4 | 6:07 20-01-20 | implemented inefficient AssignCanvasNames that has to convert all Document.archive to XML for detection |
| v4.5 | 6:39 20-01-20 | expanded Todo with so much stuff I won't sleep for a week if I try to come back to this project |
| v5 | 8:54 20-01-20 | added GUI in a separate file |
| v6 | 22:03 20-01-20 | added all necessary FFMPEG functionality, file encoding fixed, KeepOnlyE is now FilterGaleries with user regex, app content method fully working |
| v7 | 23:11 20-01-20 | merged main script with GUI script, implemented all GUI functionality for app content method |
| v8 | 0:30 20-01-21 | added .procreate file extraction and location, no FFMPEG for it yet, also FFMPEG button gets disabled/enabled and changes methods based on selected tab |
| v9 | 3:31 20-01-21 | fixed FFMPEG concatenation order (builtin AHK file looping goes 1,10,12,...,2,20,3,4,5 = wrong timelapse segment order), fixed timelapse tooltip counter |
| v10 | 19:48 20-01-21 | implemented FFMPEG export for .procreate files method + git/github init commit |
I'm currently happy with the state of this project for myself, so I can't really be bothered to do these things any time soon if at all. Open an Issue on GitHub if you want to get these things fixed.
- BUGS
- fix canvases that aren't in stacks and stacks with the default "Stack" name getting appended to a previous stack
- also count the possibility of the first line in content being a UUID if the first item in procreate is not a gallery
- can be solved by rechecking how the finder.archive works and then implementing a placeholder gallery name [NO_GALLERY] for these
- then during FFMPEGexport export [NO_GALLERY] timelapses directly to root folder
- find out if the correct rotation of segments is somewhere in their metadata and fixable during export
- Replace 7z/plutil/ffmpeg for 32-bit compatibility
- fix canvases that aren't in stacks and stacks with the default "Stack" name getting appended to a previous stack
- CHECKS
- Add AsignCanvasNamesStatus(content) function to regex check all lines if they have asigned filenames, if one or more doesn't, return 0 else 1
- Use AsignCanvasNamesStatus(content) in LoadUUID to (user choice) either stop loading the file or AssignCanvasNames() to the loaded content from it
- Add UUIDfolderCounter(dir) and ProcreateFileCounter(dir) to determine ParseFinder and ProcFolder continuation (in other words check if appcontent and procreate files actually exist)
- also add ExtractedFileCounter to determine existence of timelapse segment files within extracted folders for ProcExtractedLocate
- REFACTOR
- can't be bothered with this lol
- content variable should be renamed to UUIDtable
- FileSelectFolder / FileSelectFile with checks to a function
- QUALITY-OF-LIFE
- Progress bar subGUI for loading Finder.archive and exporting FFMPEG instead of a Tooltip
- Replace RegEx with StrReplace where possible for efficiency
Code, banner image and a ton of time spent by iairu (http://iairu.com) Scripted in AutoHotkey (https://www.autohotkey.com)
Procreate logo by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd. (https://procreate.art)
AutoHotkey Base64 Image Function by SKAN for inline banner image (https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/85709-base64enc-base64dec-base64-encoder-decoder)
Scripted and GUI layed out in AutoGUI IDE for AutoHotkey (https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=10157) (https://sourceforge.net/projects/autogui)
Apple Inc's plutil and associated libraries for PLIST conversion Usually part of Apple Application Support (part of iTunes) (https://www.apple.com/itunes)
FFMPEG for .mp4 concatenation (https://www.ffmpeg.org)
7z (7zip) for .procreate file extraction (https://www.7-zip.org)
You're free to fork and do whatever you want to the ProcExp.ahk file. Credit is appreciated (by linking to this repo and/or my github profile). Also, no warranty provided. Use at your own risk.