Batch Processing, Reverb Tails & Video Tracks

Hi Adobe. Love Audition CS6 ! Good Stuff !
But,
Really really need to be able to add the reverb and delay effect tails on to files while batch processing!
It's pretty much the only thing that stops me dead in my tracks while adding reverb and room ambience or any sort of delay effect on to vocals. Currently If I want to have anything with a reverb tail I need to manually add sielence to each file. when you have 1000s of variations this is not ideal.
A little tick box on the delay or reverb plugin would be awesome.
Also how come there is a limit to only 1 video per multi-track session? Protools does this too (unless you pay for the production toolkit) but Reaper and Ableton Live don't. This is a bit of a pain as sometimes your working to several videos and it's great to be able to do it all in the one session for the project.
I really don't understand this limitation.
A better system for arranging editing and renaming presets and favorites would be really cool too. It's a bit of a pain not being able to make category folders for those and put what you end up making related to projects in there. Or even build up a collection of good working types such as vocals, instrument settings ect...(Like iZotope Alloy does currently in it's preset manager)
I hope you consider these as options in a future release.
Cheers !
JR

Hi,
yes, I know. But I am looking for a way how to automatize this task. I am talking about a thousands of short movies and I need to process their audiotracks. I don't want to do it manually ...
Peter

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Batch processing green screen videos

Hi,
I'm working on a project where I will need to automate the processing of 1 min videos shot in front of the same greenscreen in a video booth.
Is it posable to automate actions in AE like you can in photoshop?
What I'd like to automate is
1. open a file
2. apply a greenscreen effect
3. insert a image or as a layer below it for a background
4. then set it to encode as an mp4
If AE can't do this do you know of any other program that can. I've tried to play around with doing it in Photoshop CS3 extended, but I'm not having a lot of luck
Cheers,

Here is the script I made for my project. It's pretty rough and all the input is typed into variables, but it's a start. One of these days I'll get around to filling this out.
You can download it here:
http://www.chaos-creative.com/misc/ij_batchSetupComps_v0-3.jsx
Code:
// ij_batchSetupComps script by Ian Johnson
// version 0.3
// v0.3 - Template for eventual full batch comp setup script.
//This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
//To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
//or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
// USER VARIABLES
var rendSettingsTemplate = "Best Settings"; // Exact name of render settings
var outputModuleTemplate = "PhotoJPEG 100 w Audio"; // Exact name of output module
var outputPath = "D:\\FILE PATH TO OUTPUT FOLDER"; //
var colorKeyPresetPath = "COLOR KEY FILE PATH.ffx"
// function to find a Comp or other footage item by name
function findItem(itemName) {
    for (var i=1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++) {
        if (app.project.item(i).name.toUpperCase() == itemName.toUpperCase()) {
            return app.project.item(i);
// create undo group
app.beginUndoGroup("ij_batchSetupComps");
var selectedItems = app.project.selection; // selected footage items to use
var refComp = findItem("_referenceComp"); // our template comp to base the new comps on
var dumpFolder = findItem("02_final comps"); // folder to group new comps under
// These variables hold the layers from the template that we want to reuse.
var origText = refComp.layer(1);
var origLowerThird = refComp.layer(2);
var garbageMatte = refComp.layer(3).mask.mask(1).value; // mask to be applied to greenscreen video layer
// Loop through all the selected items and perform required tasks
for (var i=0; i < selectedItems.length; i++) {
    // name of the current video
    var nameString = selectedItems[i].name;
    // by default the new comp's name is the same as the video layer. If you need to alter the name, do it here and set the value of compName
    var compName = nameString;
    // make a new comp w/ white background
    // height, width, aspect ratio, and frame rate match the footage file
    var newComp = app.project.items.addComp(compName, selectedItems[i].width, selectedItems[i].height, selectedItems[i].pixelAspect, selectedItems[i].duration, selectedItems[i].frameRate);
    newComp.parentFolder = dumpFolder;
    newComp.bgColor = [1,1,1];
    // add footage with effects and mask
    var footageLayer = newComp.layers.add(selectedItems[i]);
    var presetFile = new File(colorKeyPresetPath);
    footageLayer.applyPreset(presetFile);
    if (footageLayer.mask.canAddProperty("mask")) {
        footageLayer.mask.addProperty("mask");
        footageLayer.mask.mask(1).setValue(garbageMatte);
    // add lower third and text to new comp
    origText.copyToComp(newComp);
    origLowerThird.copyToComp(newComp);
    // add to render queue
    var newRQItem = app.project.renderQueue.items.add(newComp);
    // get render settings templates
    var myRSTemplates = app.project.renderQueue.item(1).templates;
    var foundRSTemplate = false;
    // loop through render settings templates and find the one that matches the one we want
    for (var j=0; j < myRSTemplates.length; j++) {
        if (myRSTemplates[j] == rendSettingsTemplate) {
            foundRSTemplate = true;
            break;
    // apply render settings
    if (foundRSTemplate) {
        newRQItem.applyTemplate(rendSettingsTemplate);
    } else {
        alert("Could not find Render Setting: " + rendSettingsTemplate);
    // get output modules
    var myOMTemplates = app.project.renderQueue.item(1).outputModules[1].templates;
    var foundOMTemplate = false;
    // loop through output module templates and find the one that matches the one we want
    for (var j=1; j <= myOMTemplates.length; j++) {
        if (myOMTemplates[j] == outputModuleTemplate) {
            foundOMTemplate = true;
            break;
    // apply output module template
    if (foundOMTemplate) {
        newRQItem.outputModules[1].applyTemplate(outputModuleTemplate);
    } else {
        alert("Could not find Output Module: " + outputModuleTemplate);
    // set output name and path
    var outputFile = new File(outputPath + newComp.name);
    newRQItem.outputModules[1].file = outputFile;
} // close for loop
// un-comment the next line to automatically render everything when the script is complete
//app.project.renderQueue.render();
// end undo
app.endUndoGroup();

Where is it possible to batch process the size of images?--I am able to change pixel dimensions in image processor but not image size in inches.

Hi- I need to batch process images for video project. I am able to change the pixel dimensions in the image processor but don't seem to have the option to change image size in inches. Please advise! Thanks

You don't need inches for video (or screen viewing in general). It all goes by pixel count. Inches is for print, nothing else.
But to answer the question, you can run actions in the Image Processor, and this is where you set size in inches. Just bring up Image Size, uncheck "resample image", and specify size. You'll notice resolution changes to reflect the fact that the existing image pixels are now redistributed over the new print size.
But again, screen doesn't care about size or resolution. It only counts pixels.

Batch processing audio for separate video clips?

Hi there, new to the forums. I have roughly 100 separate video clips that either I have edited and exported out of PPro or collected from other outside sources. The video clips were recorded in a wide range of environments, producing widely varied audio levels and sound quality. The videos are for a blog.
I am hoping to create a batch process preset in Premiere Pro or Audition to normalize the audio in all of the video clips. My goal is to have the audio play back at the same volume level in all of them without having to edit the audio individually in each clip. I have been searching the forums for a while for help with a batch process solution like this. Running CS6 so have full access to all Adobe apps.
I have played around with running the clip audio through batch processing in Adobe Audition CS6. Haven't had any success thus far -- the audio doesn't save within the same video file it was pulled into Audition from. I really would like to normalize the audio without having to re-import/-re-export each separate video.
PPro group might be the wrong place to start, but figured I would start here. Is there a missing manual out there for doing something that seems relatively simple?

Premiere Pro can't do this. If Audition can't either, then you're probably stuck doing it manually. Or at least, using non-Adobe software. Possibly VirtualDub, depending on your source media.

Batch process video to swf with controls??

Hi,
I have hundreds of QT videos that I need converted to .swf
video WITH control bar and a watermark logo.
I can batch process them to .flv using the Media Encoder, but
I need them to be .swf in order to use them in Director 2004MX.
Plus, I don't see where I can add a watermark using Media Encoder.
I have CS3 and CS4 Master Collections so I assume there's got
to be SOME way to do this batch processing.
I did a few sample tests in Flash, bringing in the .flv file,
attaching one of the prebuilt skins, adding a layer for the logo
watermark, then exporting to swf. It works beautifully in my
Director project. But to do this process 500 times would take
forever.
Any advice on how to batch to .swf video with control bar and
watermark would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
-Karen

Thank you Heathrowe I appreciate it.
I guess as far as using the hotspot slicer in Fireworks, if I
export to an SWF it doesnt make that a clickable section in the SWF
file. Oh well. Would be a nice feature in the next version of
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Batch Processing Video Problem

Hi
I am using CS4
I have a number of small AVI files I would like to batch process. I need to use 'load video frames as layers' and then I have an action set up that lays each layer out to form a grid of small images.
The problem I have is that when I run the batch process and point it at the folder it loads the videos as a single image (first frame visible) rather than as layers.
If I include the instruction to load video as layers in the action its forces me to select a file and when I run the batch process it acts repeatedly on this file only rather than all the files in the folder.
Any ideas?
Thanks in Advance

Figured it out myself - discovered the animation panel (doh) and used 'flatten video frames to layers' in the action

Will After Effects execute a batch process on video?

I apologize for posting this question in more than one forum (I also posted in the Premier forum), I'm just not sure which forum this questoin is suppose go in.
What I'm trying to do is batch process a few hundred 10-30 minute videos and cut them up into smaller 3 minute clips. I'm not familiar with After Effects and so I'm not entirely sure that this is an After Effects task...
Anyhow, the source files are primarily WMV and MPG with some AVIs in there, and we want to export to FLV. Since you can batch process images from bridge using photoshop actions, I was hoping there was something similar that could be done using After Effects.
Thanks,
Dave

"Look, I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but you're going about this all wrong. Since you're obviously not video savvy, you need to start at the end and work backwards."
You are correct, I'm not a video guy. My forte is print, graphics and web layouts and I have very little profesional-level video experience. The reason for FLV files is very simple, consitancy. It was decided that we're going to use the FLV format a while back so that our flash guys could more easily incorporate them into "flash toys" later on (no, we don't know what that means yet). I don't know that the specifics within the FLV format are pertinant at this time, and I don't see what would stop us from re-encoding them later if needed.
"That can be batched but the editing canot, that is strictly a manual operation."
This is exaclty why I'm posting on lots of different forums trying to find a solution, because as of right now, we are manually splitting these videos up and it's a significant drain on our department resources. The new workstation is already a go (and no, it's not my money) so that's happening no matter what, now we're just trying to automate as much as posible so our guys are free to do "real" work instead of defining 3 minute clips, over, and over, and over, and over again.
I understand what you're saying about multiple source formats causing problems, but I think you may be misunderstanding what we actually need. We already have a simple freeware ecoding program (Any Video Converter 3.0.2) that has handled every format we've thrown at it so far and batch processes them into FLVs no problem. Unfortunately it doesn't "chop" them up as well, which we need. If a freeware program has no problem doing this, I find it hard to believe the big boy apps will choke, unless they're being used incorrectly.
"Try to relax and investigate this thoroughly." "You're going to be money ahead by hiring a consultant."
Again, that's why I'm posting messages on forums. And thanks for the help, but I'm pretty positive we don't need to hire a consultant.

Can I batch process? I need identical effect processing of multiple video files

I have just joined Creative Cloud, so these are very basic questions.....sorry.
I shoot videos of live bands using two cameras, so I usually end up with around 25 separate songs per show and 50 separate files (2 cams, two files per song). All the files are: 1920x1080 resolution, 23.976p frame rate, Pro Res 422 codec.
I currently edit in FCPX and color correct in DaVinci Resolve.
Because of low light conditions, I often need to use the effect Neat Video to remove noise. However, FCPX doesn't like Neat Video: freezes up, will restart rendering sometimes, etc.
So, I need a way to take the color-corrected files from Resolve and process with Neat Video, then import them into FCPX for multi-cam editing. (If Premiere Pro handles Neat Video well, then I may switch from FCPX to Premiere Pro and do it all there.........but I need time to learn Premiere Pro).
So I decided to try After Effects for this. I just tested some files in AE and the Neat Video processing went well.
However, I need to batch process the files if possible. Currently for each file I am:
(1) Setting up a Composition
(2) Adding the Neat Video effect to the file
(3) Using the Neat Video window to adjust settings
(4) Setting the render settings
With my approach I will have to set up 50 separate Compositions.
Questions:
(1) Can I batch process all 50 files, with one set of settings? (I tried using multiple files in one composition, but AE only rendered out the top file).
(2) Can I tell AE that I want the render settings to be the same as the imported files (resolution, frame rate, etc.), rather than having to enter the render settings each time? I just want the rendered files to be identical to the original files, except for Neat Video processing.
Thanks for your help.

I don't think Mylenium understood you. You need to not only bring each of 50 clips into it's own Comp but then you need to apply an effect (Neat Video) to each one before going out to the Render Queue... right?
Here's what I would do. Import all 50 clips into your project. Select all of them and drag to Comp button (on the bottom of the Project panel) or right click - "New Comp from Selection". In the dialog that pops up selct "Single Composition", use dimensions from the clip of your choosing, select "Add to Render Queue" and select "Sequence Layers". Open the Comp and select all the layers (they may already be selected), apply the default Neat Video Effect to all of them (or apply it to one, tweak it, select all the other layers and copy/paste it).
Now download this script...
http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?item=rd_RenderLayers
In After Effects go to File/Scripts/Run Script File and choose the rd_RenderLayers script. Make sure you are happy with the Render Module settings and the file naming and off you go.
You'll have all 50 clips in 1 Comp, with one place to copy effects and then each layer gets output back to an individual file.

Image matte key: batch processing possible?

Hello again,
I have a question concerning batch processing with Premiere Pro CS5.5.
I would like to apply an image matte key to about 30 videos. The matte doesnt change, neither does the background photo.
I would like to know if there's a way to apply this to all the videos at the same time.
I have only been able to apply it to one video at a time, which means that I would have to do the same process 30 times. Because I have about 12 sets of background photos, I would have to do it about 360 times in the end. So batch processing would really help...
I need the videos to be seperate in the end (360 videos).
I hope someone has a solution for me. Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Check to see if this works:
Create and Import your Matte into PrPro. Place it on the desired Video Track, and then extend its Duration for all Clips on that Timeline. Apply the Track Matte Keying to the first Clip, and make the attributes adjustments to it. Rt-click that Clip, and choose Copy. Then lasso all other Clips in that Track, Rt-click on them and choose Paste Attributes. Does that work?
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - not sure if a Nested Sequence would also do what you want.

How to do a locked split-screen between two different video tracks

I'm creating two time-lapse videos and then I'm planning to to play them side-by-side in one sequence.
The way I was planning to do this was to scoot one video track over using the "center" tool in the motion panel, and then crop it on its right-hand edge to reveal the other video track beneath.
The problem with doing this however is that, as the camera gets bumped or moved slightly as the months go on, and I then have to cut and reposition the "center" location for the clip, I have to then adjust the amount of crop on that video clip since I've moved its position. This means the center split-screen location keeps changing as I move the video around.
Is there a way where I can just lock the split screen smack in the middle of the frame as I tinker with each side of the frame (video track) independently? I tried adding a split-screen transition in the very beginning to the top track, but I can't make cuts on a transition to then adjust the motion attributes.
Any ideas on how to simplify this process would really be appreciated. Originally, I thought there was no easier way to do this, but I was so blown away by all the answers to my motion effects question today (and all the things I never knew about FCP) that I thought it wouldn't hurt to see if someone out there had one more ace up their sleeve. If not, I'll assume this is one of those things that can't be simplified anymore than what I'm doing.
Thanks again guys,
Chris

Though David's Motion Tracking suggestion would eliminate alot of later finagling, you could try something similar to Reink's, without using Photoshop.
Try this...
1. In a seperate timeline, drop a Matte/Color Solid into the new timeline (using dropdown at bottom right of Viewer window).
2. Dbl-click the color solid, click on Controls tab and set Parameters as H/0, S/0, B/100. Then click the Motion tab/Crop Right-50.
3. Click the Viewer's Video tab and go to Export/QTConversion/Still Image (png) and name it something like WhiteMatte_CropR50.
4. Import that into your project.
5. Now with your two timelapse clips on V1 and V2 with in/out points at head/tails and both tracks highlighted...'Nest' the sequence...Main Menu/Sequence/Nest Item(s).
6. Next, with the nested sequence active (single clip will look light purple)...option-double click on it and and drop an Image Mask Filter on it, then drag the WhiteMatte.png clip into the 'image well' (little box that has a question mark in it). Keep the channel on Luminance.
7. Now, if you dbl-click the nest, it will open it's host sequence, that you can do your 'Motion Tab/Centering' on, without affecting the 50% split down the middle.
May seem like alot of work, but it's not really.
K
p.s...there are probably other ways to do this as well.

Long load times for large video tracks

Is there a recommended file size to stay under for video tracks in iTuens U? I know the hard limit is 500Mb per upload, but it seems as though any file that is more than about 10 minutes in length takes upwards of 10 minutes or longer to load. A short video (under 5 minutes) will load immediately. Is iTunes content not really streamed?

No, it is not streamed. But iTunes U isn't setup to be a streaming service. If you sniff packets (I didn't want to, but our security guy made me because of a local issue ... long story), you'll see that content is grabbed by way-of-an HTTP GET. There is a certain sense to that ... iTunes and iTunes U are, effectively, aggregators of content. You can get iTunes U to stream ... sort of ... but it is not a true streaming service (and, in fairness, it wasn't designed to be).
There is a trick you can play with encoding ... I don't have my notes with me (someone will remember) ... wherein you can ask that content be encoded to play as quickly as possible ... "instant on". There are a couple of apps, I believe, that help automate the process. It is not the same as streaming, but is helpful in situations in which you want a streaming effect.

Lots and Lots of video tracks...

Hello Ya'all:
Just reporting some bugs/discoveries I made in FCP 5.0.3, when using storage which is almost infinetesimally fast. I know FCP supports a maximum of 99 video tracks, but I wonder how many have actually been tested (realistically): Here's some problems I have when doing lots and lots of video tracks:
Qty. Description
Up to 10 Fine - no problem.
12 Program intermittently crashes with no error, when
sitting idle.
14 The scroll bar on the right side of the video
portion of the timeline stops drawing properly,
but the crashing above goes away.
16 Crashing is back - scroll bar still not operating
properly.
20 Crashing stops, but scroll bar still not drawing
correctly.
24 Same as above.
25 Seem to have hit some sort of maximum, as the
video portion of the timeline header turns red.

I rant for lots of reasons...as does Jim.
I rant when someone with NO CLUE as to the post production process tries to tackle a complex process thinking that FCP is easy. Especially when said people, who previously edited home movies or short films on FCP, suddenly think they can edit broadcast television.
I rant when people think a simple plugin will edit for them, or suddenly make everything ready for broadcast.
I rant when someone assumes that FCP can do something it cannot, and is mad for FCP not being able to do it.
I rant when people don't do their research, buy gear, shoot hours and hours, only to find that it won't work on ANY system...and they blame the system for not working with the new gear, even though the gear came out AFTER the system.
But mainly I rant for the first reason. Too many people think that editing is easy and that they can just buy a G5, monitor, camera and a few books and be ready for Prime Time. No no no. Even Robert Rodriguez, the ultimate film rebel, took a long time to learn what he learned. I have spent a large part of my career learning post production...broadcast standards, specs, color correction, show timing, audio post...not to mention the art of storytelling. And it really gets on my nerves when someone thinks that they can take an Mac Mini and camcorder and edit a broadcast show...and get angry at Apple for things not working properly.
Get the proper tools. Get the proper training. Cut your chops by editing a lot and a lot and a lot. Research everything before you buy and jump into a project with a huge deadline. I am venturing into HD...I start editing next week...I have been researching the topic since July and am STILL testing gear and my workflow.
I am sure there are plenty more reasons I rant, but those are the ones off the top of my head. I just have little patience with people who think that editing is easy and instantaneous. It is hard and time consuming, and if I didn't love it to death I wouldn't do it.
Shane
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ERROR message (iDVD) 'no video tracks selected' where is 'SHARED'

(I think everyone's asleep on the iDVD boards, so I've taken the liberties of posting here also, sorry.... ssshhhhhhh....)
My first time using iDVD (it's 5.0) --
Exported sequence from fcp as QT.....
Dropped into into 'drop zone' hit 'burn', and get "no video track defined"
I searched this forum (iDVD) and it seems I need to tweek "shared" setting.... since I made the sequence in fcp (not iMovie), where is this 'shared' menu?
Very perplexing...
Thanks.
Mark

Here'w what Ken says from his article detailing iDVD:
Once you have set all your markers, set an in and out point on your Timeline, File Menu > Export. From FCP 4.5 and FCE 2, select QuickTime Movie (not 'Using QuickTime Conversion').
There is an option in the Save box, "Make Self contained". If you uncheck this box the movie that is generated will consist of pointers to your media. The export process will happen quickly and the resulting file will be small in size. This is a good choice if you will be using iDVD on the same Mac as your editing application. If you chose to "Make Self contained" the resulting movie will contain all of the media, it will take longer to export and the file size can be quite large, (about 22 gigs for a 100 minute movie). If you will be moving to a different Mac to work on iDVD then you'll need to have your movie be self contained. In either case, leave 'Recompress All Frames' unchecked.

Acrobat 9.4.4 crashes when running batch process to remove metadata

I am attempting to run a batch process to remove metadata from all documents within a folder. Only one or two documents will process before Acrobat crashes. Any suggestions?
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Acrobat 9 Batch Processing - Get PDF filenames from folder?

Hello,
Can anyone provide me with an example with how to use Batch Processing (when set to a specific folder/files) to get a list of filenames in that folder? I haven't been able to find any examples online. There doesn't seem to be any built in batch sequences that automatically do this so I assume it will need to be done with javascript?
Ultimately, I need to automate a process (I was hoping to create a batch sequence to accomplish this) that will allow me to prompt a user to pick a source folder of PDFs and then based on that selection, run a Javascript that I create which will merge all PDFs in that folder into a new PDF, apply some crop setttings to each page, and then prompt the user where to save the merged PDF?
Has anyone ever done anything like this? I would love to see an example of how this might be able to be achieved.
Many thanks in advance.

Have you tried to create a test batch process (now called Actions)? Actions in Acrobat 10 has the "merge all files in folder" option, and batch processing in previous versions has always included a page crop commad as well as an option for asking the user where to save the file.
There are lots of examples and articles on this topic at http://www.acrobatusers.com
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