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cpc

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I've been experimenting with using FF within scripts for Corel Photo Paint 11 eg:

WITHOBJECT "CorelPhotoPaint.Automation.11"
.FileOpen "C:\temp\VIDEO TESTS\cptest.avi", 0, 0, 719, 575, 1, 1, 5
bcnt& = .GetFrameCount()
for i%=1 to bcnt
.MovieGotoFrame i%
.EffectPlugin "Filter Forge", "Filter Forge...", 0, 0, ""
next
.FileSave "C:\temp\VIDEO TESTS\cptest_y.avi", 1536, 0
END WITHOBJECT

The above works as planned on the first five frames (set by the last parameter of .FileOpen) of an avi clip. When I start the script the FF window opens where I can choose the filter and adjust settings. After I click 'Apply' the FF window closes and everything chugs along with a 'Progressing' bar displayed for each frame.

That's on my little computer; alas not so on my big one with far more RAM, faster CPU, but no internet connection. Here an FF window opens where I have to reset my parameters and click 'Apply' for each and every frame. smile:(

I installed FilterForge on the faster machine from the same exe distribution file and registered with my name and license key. FF seems to be OK there showing me as the registered user and allowing editing and creation of filters. The two computers, both Dell GX270's, have XP Pro and identical installations of Corel.

Any suggestions please, or is this a Corel problem? My only clue is that I had to click 'Apply' for every frame before I registered FF, but at the moment both copies seem legal. nb I respect my license agreement and will remove FF from the original computer as soon as I achieve a successful migration.
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onyXMaster
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Please check that you have identical versions of Filter Forge on both computers.
Our support for the Corel plugin interface got updated recently, but I am not sure in which version (I'm at home PC now, don't have version history right here).
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cpc

Posts: 8
Filters: 1
Minds think alike -- just some like mine are a bit slow! Shortly (when else?) after I posted I remembered that I'd done the 1.009 update on the slow computer, but not on the fast one. That fixed and all is well! smile:)

I'm certainly on the list of those waiting with baited breath for whenever true FF filter animation arrives, but in the meantime I'm thrilled the the results of applying many of the current filters to video clips. My preference are those that (of course) have an 'Image' input, but whose result is more an abstraction then an gently altered original eg StevieJ's CandyAbstractor or Vladimer's Bad Trip with distortions to the max. For some the video can be nothing more than a changing white circle on a blank black field.

And certainly thanks for the prompt reply.
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