User title templates not preserved in 2.5.0/2.5.1

[ferdnyc]

Question: Why is it,if I save a custom footer/title template it is still in
the ~/honm/,openshot-qt/title folder even after program is closed,,,when I
open Openshot,all the saved templates are cleared out? I know I done this
in the past but i am thinking there may be like a 'custom' folder you have
to make within the openshot-qt folder.

Originally posted by @brcisna in OpenShot/libopenshot#474 (comment)

[ferdnyc]

Turns out, this is something we messed up during the move to _assets directories.

Previously, info.TITLE_PATH ($HOME/.openshot_qt/title) was the location for user title templates, and the actual generated titles were stored in the info.ASSETS_PATH (which just pointed to $HOME/.openshot_qt/).

That was certainly confusing and weird, so with the _assets directory change, generated titles moved to live in a titles subdirectory of the assets folder (or of the user settings dir, prior to project save), and the info.TITLE_PATH follows that location.

All well and good, but it means we accidentally lost the user template location. Looks like we need an info.USER_TITLES_PATH.

[ferdnyc]

@brcisna This fix is now merged, and the latest develop branch should include any SVG files placed in $HOME/.openshot_qt/title_templates/ in the Title Editor interface. (I had to change the location due to the repurposing of the .../title directory, but this new name is more indicative of its purpose anyway.)

[brcisna]

Hi Frank, I have been battling with trying to figure out what i am missing with animated titles i have created in blender. I am sure there are other things i need to do for openshot to recognize these .blend files. I have simply placed them in the default openshot directory that the other stock .blend files reside at.Of course my custom .blend files are never seen in the Openshot>Animated titles preview box? This is Openshot-2.5.1 ,,that i built from source just for completeness. Thank You.

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:42 PM Frank Dana ***@***.***> wrote: @brcisna <https://github.com/brcisna> This fix is now merged, and the latest develop branch should include any SVG files placed in $HOME/.openshot_qt/title_templates/ in the Title Editor interface. (I had to change the location due to the repurposing of the .../title directory, but this new name is more indicative of its purpose anyway.) — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3375 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALJUC6XPXXIOQ4PRTVWR27TRMU3NFANCNFSM4MHGRR4Q> .

[ferdnyc]

@brcisna Sorry, buried under a mountain of old messages.

To use custom .blend files in OpenShot, you'd need to install them directly into the package source, and you'd also need to write:

1. A corresponding .py script that sets all of the parameters required by the .blend
2. An XML definition for the user interface, which would define how those parameter values are presented to the user.

The structure of the Animated Title templates is quite complex, and not really intended to be user-extensible.

If you were to create all three of those elements, it definitely is user-extensible, but like I said it's not for the faint of heart. A .blend file alone does not an OpenShot animated title template make.

[brcisna]

Hi Frank Thank You for responding back. I did see in the openshot_qt/blend, directory there was some companion python scripts and figured somehow this had to happen for each added .blend file a person creates. I just like trying to get an understanding of how this all ties together.I appreciate you explaining this setup,too. I think i'm going to drop trying to do blend files,,as i had an aneurysm,,about 2 years ago now, and things come very slow and difficult for me,,,even typing and such. Thought maybe if i tried hard enough my coordination may come back,but think it slowly gets worse,,unfortunately. Thank Again Barry

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 3:29 PM Frank Dana ***@***.***> wrote: @brcisna <https://github.com/brcisna> Sorry, buried under a mountain of old messages. To use custom .blend files in OpenShot, you'd need to install them directly into the package source, and you'd also need to write: 1. A corresponding .py script that sets all of the parameters required by the .blend 2. An XML definition for the user interface, which would define how those parameter values are presented to the user. The structure of the Animated Title templates is quite complex, and not really intended to be user-extensible. If you *were* to create all three of those elements, it definitely *is* user-extensible, but like I said it's not for the faint of heart. A .blend file alone does not an OpenShot animated title template make. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3375 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALJUC6X4BCHOPBVHLT4OY5DRXJ2JVANCNFSM4MHGRR4Q> .