Psd Layer Splitter Script

zzzzzz9125 wrote on 4/11/2024, 8:10 AM

I don't know if I'm reinventing the wheel, but I just wrote a simple script that can be used to split layers of a .psd file in Vegas with one-click.

Here's my code:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using ScriptPortal.Vegas;  // "ScriptPortal.Vegas" for Magix Vegas Pro 14 or above, "Sony.Vegas" for Sony Vegas Pro 13 or below

namespace Test_Script
{

    public class Class
    {
        public Vegas myVegas;
        public void Main(Vegas vegas)
        {
            myVegas = vegas;
            myVegas.ResumePlaybackOnScriptExit = true;
            Project project = myVegas.Project;
            Tracks myTracks = project.Tracks;
            bool ctrlMode = ((Control.ModifierKeys & Keys.Control) != 0) ? true : false;

            for (int jj = myTracks.Count - 1; jj >= 0; jj--)
            {
                if (myTracks[jj].IsVideo())
                {
                    foreach (VideoEvent vEvent in myTracks[jj].Events)
                    {
                        VideoTrack myTrack = (VideoTrack) myTracks[jj];
                        if (vEvent.Selected)
                        {
                            if (vEvent.ActiveTake == null || vEvent.ActiveTake.Media == null || vEvent.ActiveTake.MediaStream == null)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }

                            int vStreamCount = vEvent.ActiveTake.Media.StreamCount(MediaType.Video);
                            if (vStreamCount < 2)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }

                            // If you hold down Ctrl and click the script icon on the toolbar, the selected event will be converted to Stream 1 (in a programming sense, it's a video stream with Index 0).
                            if (ctrlMode)
                            {
                                Take newTake = Take.CreateInstance(project, vEvent.ActiveTake.Media.GetVideoStreamByIndex(0));
                                vEvent.Takes.Clear();
                                vEvent.Takes.Add(newTake);
                            }

                            int vStreamIndex = GetVideoStreamIndex(vEvent);
                            if (vStreamIndex == 0)
                            {
                                vEvent.Mute = true;
                            }

                            int vStreamCountAdd = Mod(vStreamIndex - 1, vStreamCount);

                            TrackEventGroup grp = vEvent.Group;
                            if (grp == null)
                            {
                                grp = new TrackEventGroup(project);
                                project.Groups.Add(grp);
                                grp.Add(vEvent);
                            }

                            for (int i = 0; i < vStreamCountAdd; i++)
                            {
                                int j = i + jj;
                                VideoTrack newTrack = null;
                                if (j < myTracks.Count - 1)
                                {
                                    Track trackBelow = myTracks[j + 1];
                                    if (trackBelow.IsVideo() && !((VideoTrack)trackBelow).IsCompositingParent && (vStreamIndex == 0 ? ((VideoTrack)trackBelow).CompositeNestingLevel == myTrack.CompositeNestingLevel + 1 : ((VideoTrack)trackBelow).CompositeNestingLevel == myTrack.CompositeNestingLevel))
                                    {
                                        newTrack = (VideoTrack)trackBelow;
                                    }
                                }

                                if (newTrack == null)
                                {
                                    newTrack = new VideoTrack(project, j + 1, null);
                                    myTracks.Add(newTrack);
                                    newTrack.CompositeNestingLevel = myTrack.CompositeNestingLevel;
                                    if (vStreamIndex == 0)
                                    {
                                        newTrack.CompositeNestingLevel += 1;
                                    }
                                }

                                foreach (VideoEvent evnt in newTrack.Events)
                                {
                                    if (evnt.Start == vEvent.Start)
                                    {
                                        if (evnt.ActiveTake == null || evnt.ActiveTake.Media == null || evnt.ActiveTake.MediaStream == null || evnt.ActiveTake.Media == vEvent.ActiveTake.Media)
                                        {
                                            newTrack.Events.Remove(evnt);
                                        }
                                    }
                                }

                                VideoEvent newEvent = (VideoEvent) vEvent.Copy(newTrack, vEvent.Start);
                                Take newTake = Take.CreateInstance(project, vEvent.ActiveTake.Media.GetVideoStreamByIndex(vStreamCountAdd - i));
                                newEvent.Takes.Clear();
                                newEvent.Takes.Add(newTake);
                                newEvent.Selected = false;
                                newEvent.Mute = false;
                                grp.Add(newEvent);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public static int Mod(double a, double b)
        {
            int c = (int)(a - Math.Floor(a / b) * b);
            return c;
        }

        public static int GetVideoStreamIndex(VideoEvent vEvent)
        {
            int i = -1;
            foreach (MediaStream ms in vEvent.ActiveTake.Media.Streams)
            {
                if (ms.MediaType == MediaType.Video)
                {
                    i++;
                    if (ms == vEvent.ActiveTake.MediaStream)
                    {
                        return i;
                    }
                }
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }
}


public class EntryPoint
{
    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
    {
        Test_Script.Class test = new Test_Script.Class();
        test.Main(vegas);
    }
}

To distinguish it in toolbar, I also made an icon for the script:

If you have any suggestions, please feel free to give feedback.

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Comments

ansonmccosh wrote on 2/5/2025, 1:43 PM

@zzzzzz9125 Thanks, i made more teste and work very well!
It's a good option to working fast in 3Dcomps, in the most cases, i use the rate until 100 and pffet in until, i'm not overpass this values, and works great.

Only left some adjustments that will need depending of the result wich I want to reach.
So thanks for more that efforts, You Rock dude!
This will save MUCH time in my next projects

does this script still work? i tried it and i get an error

jetdv wrote on 2/5/2025, 2:01 PM

@ansonmccosh, it ought to still work. I've never tried it.

You might look at this tutorial too:

ansonmccosh wrote on 2/5/2025, 3:52 PM

@ansonmccosh, it ought to still work. I've never tried it.

You might look at this tutorial too:

Thanks il check it out...but any ideas on what that error means?

jetdv wrote on 2/6/2025, 9:01 AM

@ansonmccosh not without testing the script using your VEG file (some media would probably need be required too) in order to test out where/how it is crashing.

ansonmccosh wrote on 2/6/2025, 9:26 AM

@ansonmccosh not without testing the script using your VEG file (some media would probably need be required too) in order to test out where/how it is crashing.

so it works on my v19 after defaulting all settings. so it looks like i have a setting on v22 that is creating a conflict.

zzzzzz9125 wrote on 2/6/2025, 9:34 AM

does this script still work? i tried it and i get an error

@ansonmccosh I can't reproduce your problem in my VEGAS Pro 22 build 239.

However, I can see the error lines in your screenshot. They should be:

if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.SetParentCompositeMode(trackCM, false);
}
newTrack.SetCompositeMode(COMPOSITEMODE, false);

Perhaps in some ways you can't use VideoTrack.SetCompositeMode() and VideoTrack.SetParentCompositeMode().

You can try replacing all similar lines in the script with something like the following:

if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.ParentCompositeMode = trackCM;
}
newTrack.CompositeMode = COMPOSITEMODE;

If you have a problem with a particular project, you can send it to me and discuss where the problem is.

ansonmccosh wrote on 2/6/2025, 4:20 PM

does this script still work? i tried it and i get an error

@ansonmccosh I can't reproduce your problem in my VEGAS Pro 22 build 239.

However, I can see the error lines in your screenshot. They should be:
if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.SetParentCompositeMode(trackCM, false);
}
newTrack.SetCompositeMode(COMPOSITEMODE, false);
Perhaps in some ways you can't use VideoTrack.SetCompositeMode() and VideoTrack.SetParentCompositeMode().

You can try replacing all similar lines in the script with something like the following:
if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.ParentCompositeMode = trackCM;
}
newTrack.CompositeMode = COMPOSITEMODE;
If you have a problem with a particular project, you can send it to me and discuss where the problem is.

Thanks for the response i did try it out and got the same error but i fixed it by simply restoring vegas 22 to default setting and i could use the original script..all good now...Thanks guys

Steve_Rhoden wrote on 2/7/2025, 1:42 AM

Still, splitting complex psd files on the vegas timeline does not comes out looking anywhere near how they originally look in photoshop...... Not a fault with the script, its just the way it is.

ansonmccosh wrote on 2/13/2025, 2:55 PM

does this script still work? i tried it and i get an error

@ansonmccosh I can't reproduce your problem in my VEGAS Pro 22 build 239.

However, I can see the error lines in your screenshot. They should be:
if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.SetParentCompositeMode(trackCM, false);
}
newTrack.SetCompositeMode(COMPOSITEMODE, false);
Perhaps in some ways you can't use VideoTrack.SetCompositeMode() and VideoTrack.SetParentCompositeMode().

You can try replacing all similar lines in the script with something like the following:
if (track.IsCompositingParent)
{
    track.ParentCompositeMode = trackCM;
}
newTrack.CompositeMode = COMPOSITEMODE;
If you have a problem with a particular project, you can send it to me and discuss where the problem is.

it's very weird and im not too sure what the issue is but after a while the script stopped working again but resetting vegas to default settings fixes it. its basically a cycle.

so essentially the script works fine > Fails randomly > stops working after repeating attempts > reset Vegas to default setting > starts working again. i'm starting to think it might just be a Vegas issue perhaps?