Automating FCP actions

I have to export 170 still images from a sequence. Then I have to Photoshop the jpegs to square pixels. The thought of all those dialog boxes over and over... Does anyone have any experience that might help???
thanks,
craig

I m avoiding all of the details in this abbreviated explanation (and I'm not speculating on how this might be adapted to FCP) but I might have approached this in After Effects like this:
Trim all your clips that contain your still image frames to 1 second (easy to do in AE, select all, trim).
Change the frame rate of the project to 1 frame per second.
Set to render a movie that is a series of JPG or PSD or TIF or whatever.
bogiesan

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Are folder actions enabled in the setup window?
Is your folder action attached to your folder?
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Thanks.

Sorry... this is not an answer to your problem. More like an addition to your question.
How do you attach an Automator Workflow as a folder action?
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Hello
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     Getting applescript to apply a scpt file to a folder as a folder action is straight forward. However, it seems that scpt files are different than automator folder action workflows..
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How to set up Automator Folder Actions?

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HOWEVER as a folder action, nothing happens when a file is put into the folder. The file just sits there in the folder.
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on run {input, parameters}
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Jeffrey,
Thanks for getting back to me, here is what the issue I am having looks like.
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I was wondering if you had a chance to look more into it?
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thanks again.

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