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>