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Scripting MP

wolf
I did not find a scripting community in this forum, did I miss something?
I think scripting makes MP so superior.

The following scripting questions:
1.) how can I select a MP set from a script (so that the content of the set gets displayed, equivalent to placing the orange dot with the mouse next to the set name)
2.) when I have a reference to a set (in a script variable) how can my script find out which media items the set holds.
3.) I have a reference to media item in a script, how can I find out in which sets this media item is contained?

Regards
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  • rmoorlag
    Microsoft had this scripting guide:

    I'm sure you can use most of it for MediaPro

    Roelof
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  • wolf
    Thanks for the quick reply. I did not know this document. It's a good one, since it lists everything. You get the same information however if you use the applescript editor, open the Library window using Window/Library
    There you select media pro (you have to add media pro first, using the + icon on top.) Double click Media Pro and all the information comes up.

    But now it get's tricky, the code
    count media items of media set 3
    works, but
    get media items of media set 3

    throws an error. So I do not know how to get hold of the media items of a set.
    (or the other way round, which I would prefer: to get the media set of a media item if it is contained by one)
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  • rmoorlag
    I'm not familiar with scripting so i can not provide you the information.
    However, i do know some resources.
    Do you know the dambook forum?

    It's not that active anymore but you can find lots of information there.
    Roelof
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  • wolf
    Hi,

    thanks for your message. Yes I am aware of the DAM book & forum (very good stuff, even though could need an update).

    I wonder, is there nobody out there scripting MP anymore. But the community seems to fade ☹️
    It's a pity, such a wonderful tool.

    Scripting gives you such an edge, even if you don't do it yourself: you get things done which are specific to your work and you are never locked in even if your data is Terabyte large.

    CO catalogs are far away from Media Pro functionality and workflow in CO is not anywhere near. And it locks your data in (export is export and not a synchronization as far as I understand).

    Regards
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  • pedroparamo
    I do scripting in MP but within a MAC environment (applescript) and it works pretty well.

    Pedro
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  • H. Cremers
    [quote="pedroparamo" wrote:
    I do scripting in MP but within a MAC environment (applescript) and it works pretty well.

    Pedro


    I'd be interested to know what kind of actions you perform with the scripts. And, perhaps, whether you could share any of them (or their code)?
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  • wolf
    I have various scripts to make a good workflow. And some scripts just to assist image management.
    Media Pro is a superb tool for management of media files supporting a huge range of file types (also .txt for documentation etc.). If I want to know which files my backup software (CCC) copies away, just to check, I use Media Pro, just drop the top most folder on a new catalog and get all the infos I need. It is a very broad minded piece of software.

    But now to the scripts. If I do need to organize even more specific I use scripts. One example:
    I have a folder for each job (one per shooting) eg:
    130624 architecture xy
    Then I use stars to rate them and generate a catalog with a MP-set for the ones I want to develop for the customer or a portfolio. It can happen that I allready worked on some files with Photoshop so that some psd files exist.Therefore I have a script which marks all the raw files for which a psd exists (!) with a color label (dark green in my case). This helps me to avoid double work. You could say you would not need this if you have a very well organized catalog. But in practice I need it every time when I go to images where I did some editing work before.
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