Animate Workflow Operation

ID: animate

Description

The animate operation can be used to generate an animated video clip using Synfig. It can automatically including episode and series metadata (e.g. the title) into the animation. For example, this can be used to automatically generate custom intro videos.

Parameter Table

configuration keys	required	description
animation-files	yes	The source animation file to use
target-flavor	yes	Flavor of the generated video
width	no	Width of the generated video
height	no	Height of the generated video
fps	no	FPS of the generated video
cmd-args	no	Custom synfig arguments. Will override all arguments except input and output file
target-tags	no	Tags for the generated video

Synfig Files

Synfig animation files used for input must be saved uncompressed or the metadata replacement will not work. Uncompressed files usually have the file extension .sif and not .sifz.

Metadata Replacements

You can use all metadata fields present in the episode and series DublinCore catalogs of an event. In SynfigStudio, just use placeholders of the following form:

'{{' ['series' | 'episode'] '.' DC-FIELD '}}'

Here are some common examples:

• {{episode.title}}
• {{episode.creator}}
• {{series.title}}

Operation Examples

<operation
  id="animate"
  description="Create animated video clip">
  <configurations>
    <configuration key="animation-file">/path/to/animation.sif</configuration>
    <configuration key="target-flavor">presentation/intro</configuration>
    <configuration key="target-tags">archive</configuration>
  </configurations>
</operation>