Show HN: Automate final cut pro's XML language
3 andrewfromx 1 6/13/2025, 11:53:33 PM
Did you know the final cut pro xml import export is very powerful? Have you ever opened one of those xml files?
https://github.com/andrewarrow/cutlass/blob/main/reference/p...
That's a simple plus sign drawn with fcpxml shape language. But there's more! Way more:
https://github.com/andrewarrow/cutlass/blob/main/FCPXMLv1_13...
Almost 1000 line DTD file, you can do A LOT. And that's what "cutlass" aims to do. Open source golang project to let you slice, dice, and julienne fcpxml. Once you have code that can generate fcpxml you can do stuff like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsnoAiVWvc
This is all the top HN stories titles read by AI with screenshots and animations.
(used https://github.com/resemble-ai/chatterbox and https://github.com/nari-labs/dia for voices)
Do you have an idea for a video we could make using the power of cutlass? Let me know!
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