transitions/effects/themes/templates in .openshot

I'm not sure whether to include support for user created effects. Transitions are easy as they are just an image file. For effects, we are relying on the user creating a properly crafted .xml file, and also an icon to represent the effect. I'm thinking that problems due to incorrectly crafted xml files, or uses getting the icons wrong or mixed up could introduce problems we don't want to deal with.

I created a number of transitions, but could not (within 5 minutes) figure out how to make them work.

It would be nice if I could do the following:

1. Click the Transitions tab.
2. Click the + button.
3. Select the transition pgm file(s).
4. Use them.

*OR*

1. Copy the pgm file(s) into $HOME/.openshot/transitions
2. Restart OpenShot.
3. Use them.

Either way, if there was documentation showing the exact steps to create transitions (and their corresponding thumbnails), that would be helpful.

This has been merged from Andy's branch, and is committed to the trunk now. Thanks Andy! For technical reasons, I am limiting this feature to just PNG images. So, even if you have a PGM or SVG transitions, you must first save it as a PNG image. The larger image size, the better. For example, using a 1920 x 1080 size image gives the best quality. We can revisit this bug in the future to add support for more file types.

Oh yeah, as far as instructions... There is a new File > Import Transition... menu. Click that menu option, and follow the on-screen instructions. The new PNG transition will show up in your transitions list. The files are stored in ~/.openshot/user_transitions/.

Hi Jonathan,

How will know the bugs that you must revisit lost, in some time in the bug
tracker ?

Cheers

2010/8/23 Jonathan Thomas <email address hidden>

> This has been merged from Andy's branch, and is committed to the trunk
> now. Thanks Andy! For technical reasons, I am limiting this feature to
> just PNG images. So, even if you have a PGM or SVG transitions, you
> must first save it as a PNG image. The larger image size, the better.
> For example, using a 1920 x 1080 size image gives the best quality. We
> can revisit this bug in the future to add support for more file types.
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Importance: Medium => High
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> ** Changed in: openshot
> Assignee: Andy Finch (fincha) => (unassigned)
>
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