Can I use Automator to render hundred's of LiveType project files?
hello. I have a few hundred LiveType projects that I need to render to QT movie--need to make them eneditable but still usable in FCP--So, does anyone know if I can do this with Automator, i.e. point it at a folder and let it open, render, save to different folder and close (rinse/repeat)?
Or is there an applescript that can do this?
thanks in advance.
btw, I tried a watch me do, where I went into LiveType with the few hundred or so projects opened, I then hit command-R, then "enter" (to save to doc) then once the rendering was done, I hit command-w to close the rendered movie file, then I hit command-shift-w to close the project file.
Then I stopped recording.
Couple issues: One: when I run the action, it only works if the project I am rendering to a QT file takes LESS time to render than the one I recorded.
Two: it doesn't repeat one time, let alone a few hundred times.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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