Andy, I'm not much of a C* programmer. Scripting is fine by me. I would like FXScript to be extended a bit to give me more access to Final Cut Studio's internals. I'd like to use XCode to test and set variables by hand while plugins are running, especially image buffers that I've declared. Is it as simple as FXScript to set up a variable that holds an image?
If Automator's development environment could support FXScript, and FXScript could fire off AppleScripts, I might investigate the wider world of scripting the Mac.
...it's like Userland Frontier all over again!
As regards FxFactory, I'd be surprised if Apple didn't disintermediate Noise Industries by producing a revised and extended version of Quartz Compositor combined with elements of Shake for Final Cut Studio 3.
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