ProcExp

Procreate Timelapse Batch Exporter from either .procreate files or application content. Scripted in AutoHotkey.

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.procreate file method	App content method[^stack bug]

[^Stack bug]: Currently bugged for files outside "Stack" folders, they get appended to the last stack. First thing in gallery may have to be a stack for this method to work at all.

Changelog

	Date (hh:mm yy-mm-dd)	Description
v1	23:29 19-12-17	ParseXML + KeepOnlyE parsing to a temp file
v2	18:47 20-01-19	binary PLIST to XML (finder.archive) using plutil, parsing to a variable instead of a file, user file selection and info
v3	3:45 20-01-20	testing/debugging, PLIST to XML variable, completely rewritten ParseXML
v4	6:07 20-01-20	implemented inefficient AssignCanvasNames that has to convert all Document.archive to XML for detection
v4.5	6:39 20-01-20	expanded Todo with so much stuff I won't sleep for a week if I try to come back to this project
v5	8:54 20-01-20	added GUI in a separate file
v6	22:03 20-01-20	added all necessary FFMPEG functionality, file encoding fixed, KeepOnlyE is now FilterGaleries with user regex, app content method fully working
v7	23:11 20-01-20	merged main script with GUI script, implemented all GUI functionality for app content method
v8	0:30 20-01-21	added .procreate file extraction and location, no FFMPEG for it yet, also FFMPEG button gets disabled/enabled and changes methods based on selected tab
v9	3:31 20-01-21	fixed FFMPEG concatenation order (builtin AHK file looping goes 1,10,12,...,2,20,3,4,5 = wrong timelapse segment order), fixed timelapse tooltip counter
v10	19:48 20-01-21	implemented FFMPEG export for .procreate files method + git/github init commit

Todo

I'm currently happy with the state of this project for myself, so I can't really be bothered to do these things any time soon if at all. Open an Issue on GitHub if you want to get these things fixed.

• BUGS
  • fix canvases that aren't in stacks and stacks with the default "Stack" name getting appended to a previous stack
    • also count the possibility of the first line in content being a UUID if the first item in procreate is not a gallery
    • can be solved by rechecking how the finder.archive works and then implementing a placeholder gallery name [NO_GALLERY] for these
    • then during FFMPEGexport export [NO_GALLERY] timelapses directly to root folder
  • find out if the correct rotation of segments is somewhere in their metadata and fixable during export
  • Replace 7z/plutil/ffmpeg for 32-bit compatibility
• CHECKS
  • Add AsignCanvasNamesStatus(content) function to regex check all lines if they have asigned filenames, if one or more doesn't, return 0 else 1
  • Use AsignCanvasNamesStatus(content) in LoadUUID to (user choice) either stop loading the file or AssignCanvasNames() to the loaded content from it
  • Add UUIDfolderCounter(dir) and ProcreateFileCounter(dir) to determine ParseFinder and ProcFolder continuation (in other words check if appcontent and procreate files actually exist)
  • also add ExtractedFileCounter to determine existence of timelapse segment files within extracted folders for ProcExtractedLocate
• REFACTOR
  • can't be bothered with this lol
  • content variable should be renamed to UUIDtable
  • FileSelectFolder / FileSelectFile with checks to a function
• QUALITY-OF-LIFE
  • Progress bar subGUI for loading Finder.archive and exporting FFMPEG instead of a Tooltip
  • Replace RegEx with StrReplace where possible for efficiency

Credits

Code, banner image and a ton of time spent by iairu (http://iairu.com) Scripted in AutoHotkey (https://www.autohotkey.com)

Procreate logo by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd. (https://procreate.art)

AutoHotkey Base64 Image Function by SKAN for inline banner image (https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/85709-base64enc-base64dec-base64-encoder-decoder)

Scripted and GUI layed out in AutoGUI IDE for AutoHotkey (https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=10157) (https://sourceforge.net/projects/autogui)

Included Dependencies

Apple Inc's plutil and associated libraries for PLIST conversion Usually part of Apple Application Support (part of iTunes) (https://www.apple.com/itunes)

FFMPEG for .mp4 concatenation (https://www.ffmpeg.org)

7z (7zip) for .procreate file extraction (https://www.7-zip.org)

"License"

You're free to fork and do whatever you want to the ProcExp.ahk file. Credit is appreciated (by linking to this repo and/or my github profile). Also, no warranty provided. Use at your own risk.