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hiero.ui method and class details

class hiero.ui.BinView

Object representing the Bin View. Passed as the sender object to the event handler callbacks registered for hiero.core.events.EventType.kShowContextMenu type events. Can also be retrieved using hiero.ui.currentContextMenuView when active during the context menu events.

getSelection()

Deprecated; please use the selection method instead.

Returns

tuple of hiero.core.BinItem objects

selection() → returns a tuple with the currently selected items.

Returns

tuple of hiero.core.BinItem objects

window() → Return the bin view window

class hiero.ui.ColorButton

canBeInvalid()

color()

colorChanged

dragEnterEvent(self, event: PySide2.QtGui.QDragEnterEvent) → None

dropEvent(self, event: PySide2.QtGui.QDropEvent) → None

mouseMoveEvent(self, e: PySide2.QtGui.QMouseEvent) → None

mousePressEvent(self, e: PySide2.QtGui.QMouseEvent) → None

paintEvent(self, arg__1: PySide2.QtGui.QPaintEvent) → None

setCanBeInvalid()

setColor()

setValidColor()

sizeHint(self) → PySide2.QtCore.QSize

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

validColor()

class hiero.ui.ColorPickerDialog

accepted

currentColor()

finished

rejected

setCurrentColor()

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

class hiero.ui.ExportStructureViewer

class EditMode

Full = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Full

Limited = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Limited

ReadOnly = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.ReadOnly

name

values = {'Full': ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Full, 'Limited': ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Limited, 'ReadOnly': ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.ReadOnly}

Full = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Full

Limited = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.Limited

ReadOnly = ui.ExportStructureViewer.EditMode.ReadOnly

addFile()

addFolder()

allowNodeDelete()

clearResolveEntries()

copy()

cut()

exportRootChanged()

filenameField()

getWidget()

handleSelectionChanged()

initUI()

itemTypes()

kAddFileToolTip = 'Adds new file entry to the export structure'

kAddFolderToolTip = 'Adds a new directory to your export structure'

kRemoveToolTip = 'Deletes the selected file entry from the export structure'

kStructureContentToolTip = 'The content written into the structure is defined by the export task selected here.'

kStructurePathToolTip = 'This structure defines the path into which the exported content will be written. See the tokens listed within the tooltip to build unique paths for each item exported.'

keyPressEvent(self, event: PySide2.QtGui.QKeyEvent) → None

paste()

refresh()

refreshContentField()

removeNode()

selectFileIfOnlyOne()

selectFirstFile()

selection()

selectionAnchor()

selectionChanged

selectionRect()

setAllowNodeDelete()

setExportStructure()

setItemTypes()

setProject()

setResolveEntry()

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

structureModified

class hiero.ui.FormatChooser

currentFormat()

formatChanged

setCurrentFormat()

setProject()

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

class hiero.ui.IExporterUIRegistry

IExporterUIRegistry provides a simple interface for our C++ Application to access the Python instance of TaskUIRegistry.

This class should not be used directly; use hiero.ui.TaskUIRegistry instead.

aquireProcessorUI() → Called from Hiero Application to aquire a reference to an instance of the ProcessorUI object related to the specified hiero.core.TaskPreset.

Parameters

preset – hiero.core.ITaskPreset

getProcessorUI()

getProcessorUIForPreset()

getTaskUI()

getTaskUIForPreset()

numProcessorUIs()

numTaskUIs()

registerme() → Called from python implimentation of TaskUIRegistry to register instance as the Application TaskUI Registry.

releaseProcessorUI() → Called from Hiero Application to release the reference to a IProcessorUI object previously aquired using IExporterUIRegistry.aquireProcessorUI.

Parameters

processorUI – hiero.ui.IProcessorUI

class hiero.ui.IProcessorUI

IProcessorUI provides a simple interface for our C++ Application to access Python instances of ProcessorUIBase.

This class should not be used directly; use hiero.ui.ProcessorUIBase instead.

class EditMode

Full = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Full

Limited = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Limited

ReadOnly = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.ReadOnly

name

values = {'Full': ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Full, 'Limited': ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Limited, 'ReadOnly': ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.ReadOnly}

Full = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Full

Limited = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.Limited

ReadOnly = ui.IProcessorUI.EditMode.ReadOnly

displayName() → called by Hiero to get the Display name of a task for displaying in UI.

Returns

string

populateUI() → called by Hiero to allow the IProcessorUI to populate a QWidget with the ui widgets neccessary to reflect the current preset.

The EditMode is used to instruct the UI generation code to build in ReadOnly mode

Parameters

• processorUIWidget – PySide2.QtGui.QWidget

• taskUIWidget – PySide2.QtGui.QWidget

• items – [hiero.core.ItemWrapper]

• editMode – hiero.core.IProcessorUI.EditMode

preset() → called by Hiero to get the TaskPreset which this TaskUI is currently reflecting.

Returns

hiero.core.ITaskPreset

refreshContent()

savePreset()

setPreset() → called by Hiero to set the TaskPreset which this TaskUI will reflect.

Parameters

preset – hiero.core.ITaskPreset

toolTip() → called by Hiero to get the desciption of a task for displaying in UI as a tooltip.

Returns

string

validate() → called by Hiero to get .

Param

[hiero.core.ItemWrapper]

Returns

bool

validateSelection()

class hiero.ui.ITaskUI

ITaskUI provides a simple interface for our C++ Application to access Python instances of TaskUIBase.

This class should not be used directly; use hiero.ui.TaskUIBase instead.

displayName() → called by Hiero to get the Display name of a task for displaying in UI.

Returns

string

ident() → called by Hiero to get a unique identifier linking this TaskUI with a Task and TaskPreset.

Returns

string

populateUI() → called by Hiero to allow the TaskUI to populate a QWidget with the ui widgets neccessary to reflect the current preset.

Parameters

• widget – PySide2.QtGui.QWidget

• exportTemplate – hiero.core.IExportStructure

preset() → called by Hiero to get the TaskPreset which this TaskUI is currently reflecting.

Returns

hiero.core.ITaskPreset

setPreset() → called by Hiero to set the TaskPreset which this TaskUI will reflect.

Parameters

preset – hiero.core.ITaskPreset

hiero.ui.Initialise()

hiero.ui.InvalidOutputResolutionMessage(message)

class hiero.ui.MediaFlagsChooser

flagsChanged

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

class hiero.ui.Player

Object representing a video player in Hiero. Players are used by Viewer objects, and can be retrieved using the player() method of Viewer objects.

class Channels

eChannelA = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelA

eChannelB = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelB

eChannelG = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelG

eChannelLuma = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelLuma

eChannelR = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelR

eChannelRGB = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelRGB

name

values = {'eChannelA': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelA, 'eChannelB': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelB, 'eChannelG': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelG, 'eChannelLuma': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelLuma, 'eChannelR': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelR, 'eChannelRGB': ui.Player.Channels.eChannelRGB}

LUT() → returns the name of the LUT currently in use by the player.

Returns

string

class MaskOverlayStyle

eMaskOverlayFull = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayFull

eMaskOverlayHalf = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayHalf

eMaskOverlayLines = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayLines

eMaskOverlayNone = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayNone

name

values = {'eMaskOverlayFull': ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayFull, 'eMaskOverlayHalf': ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayHalf, 'eMaskOverlayLines': ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayLines, 'eMaskOverlayNone': ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayNone}

class ProxyResolution

eProxy16 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy16

eProxy2 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy2

eProxy32 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy32

eProxy4 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy4

eProxy8 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy8

eProxyAuto = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyAuto

eProxyFull = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyFull

name

values = {'eProxy16': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy16, 'eProxy2': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy2, 'eProxy32': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy32, 'eProxy4': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy4, 'eProxy8': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy8, 'eProxyAuto': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyAuto, 'eProxyFull': ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyFull}

class WarningOverlay

eWarningExposure = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningExposure

eWarningNTSC = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNTSC

eWarningNone = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNone

eWarningPAL = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningPAL

name

values = {'eWarningExposure': ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningExposure, 'eWarningNTSC': ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNTSC, 'eWarningNone': ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNone, 'eWarningPAL': ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningPAL}

class ZoomMode

eZoomFixed = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomFixed

eZoomToFill = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFill

eZoomToFit = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFit

eZoomToFitHeight = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitHeight

eZoomToFitWidth = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitWidth

name

values = {'eZoomFixed': ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomFixed, 'eZoomToFill': ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFill, 'eZoomToFit': ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFit, 'eZoomToFitHeight': ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitHeight, 'eZoomToFitWidth': ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitWidth}

alphaIsTransparent() → returns whether the player treats the alpha channel as premultiplied transparency (True) or not (False).

Returns

True or False

centerImage() → centers the player, resetting the pan values.

channels() → returns channel(s) that the player is currently displaying.

Returns

hiero.ui.Player.Channels object

displayGain() → returns the current gain of the player. Defaults to 1.0

Returns

float

displayGamma() → returns the current gamma of the player. Since the viewer displays pixels in linear space, this value defaults to 1.0.

Returns

float

eChannelA = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelA

eChannelB = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelB

eChannelG = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelG

eChannelLuma = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelLuma

eChannelR = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelR

eChannelRGB = ui.Player.Channels.eChannelRGB

eMaskOverlayFull = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayFull

eMaskOverlayHalf = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayHalf

eMaskOverlayLines = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayLines

eMaskOverlayNone = ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle.eMaskOverlayNone

eProxy16 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy16

eProxy2 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy2

eProxy32 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy32

eProxy4 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy4

eProxy8 = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxy8

eProxyAuto = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyAuto

eProxyFull = ui.Player.ProxyResolution.eProxyFull

eWarningExposure = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningExposure

eWarningNTSC = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNTSC

eWarningNone = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningNone

eWarningPAL = ui.Player.WarningOverlay.eWarningPAL

eZoomFixed = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomFixed

eZoomToFill = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFill

eZoomToFit = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFit

eZoomToFitHeight = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitHeight

eZoomToFitWidth = ui.Player.ZoomMode.eZoomToFitWidth

guideOverlay() → returns the guide overlays displayed in the player.

Returns

sequence of foundry.ui.Drawing

ignorePixelAspectRatio() → returns whether the player ignores the pixel aspect ratio or not.

Returns

True or False

maskOverlay() → returns the drawing used as the mask overlay in the player.

Returns

foundry.ui.Drawing

maskOverlayStyle() → returns the current drawing style of the mask overlay used by the player.

Returns

hiero.ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle

pan(dx, dy) → pans the player by (dx, dy).

Parameters

• dx – float value to pan in x by

• dy – float value to pan in y by

proxyResolution() → get the current proxy resolution setting for the player

Returns

Player.ProxyResolution

rect() → player rectangular area in GL coordinates.

Returns

rectangle

sequence() → returns the object currently being played.

Returns

hiero.core.Clip object or hiero.core.Sequence object, depending on what is currently playing

setAlphaIsTransparent(alphaIsTransparent) → sets whether the player treats the alpha channel as premultiplied transparency.

Parameters

alphaIsTransparent – True to have the player treat alpha as premultiplied transparency, False otherwise

setChannels(channels) → sets the channels to display in the player. It's currently either one of the channels or red, green and blue.

Parameters

channels – hiero.ui.Player.Channels object

setDisplayGain(gain) → sets the gain of the player.

Parameters

gain – float

setDisplayGamma(gamma) → sets the gamma of the player.

Parameters

gamma – float

setGuideOverlay(guideOverlays) → sets the guide overlays to display in the player.

Parameters

guideOverlays – sequence of foundry.ui.Drawing

setIgnorePixelAspectRatio(ignorePixelAspectRatio) → tells the player whether or not to display in anamorphic mode.

Parameters

ignorePixelAspectRatio – True to have the player ignore the pixel aspect ratio, False otherwise

setLUT(lut) → sets the LUT to use in the player. If the lut doesn't exist, will raise an exception.

Parameters

lut – string name of the lut to use

setMaskOverlay(aspect) → sets the drawing to use for the mask overlay.

Parameters

aspect – foundry.ui.Drawing

setMaskOverlayStyle(style) → sets the drawing style of the mask overlay.

Parameters

style – hiero.ui.Player.MaskOverlayStyle style

setProxyResolution(resolution) → set the player proxy resolution.

Parameters

resolution – Player.ProxyResolution

setSequence(clip) → deprecated; use Viewer.setSequence instead

setWarningOverlay(warningOverlay) → sets the warning overlay.

Parameters

warningOverlay – One of the following enums: eWarningNone, eWarningExposure, eWarningPAL or eWarningNTSC

setZoomMode(mode) → Change the current zoom mode. Use zoomAbsolute or zoomRelative for eZoomFixed instead of this method.

Parameters

mode – Zoom mode

time() → gets the time of the playhead.

Returns

frame number

translation() → translation applied to the footage in the player.

Returns

float

warningOverlay() → returns player's warningOverlay.

Returns

One of the following enums: eWarningNone, eWarningExposure, eWarningPAL or eWarningNTSC

zoom()

self.zoomMode() -> current zoom

Returns

float

zoomAbsolute(centerX, centerY, zoom) → sets the zoom to a specific centre and zoom level, ignoring previous zoom state.

Parameters

• centerX – new relative center of the zoom

• centerY – new relative center of the zoom

• zoom – float value scale by

zoomMode() → current zoom mode.

Returns

ZoomMode

zoomRelative(centerX, centerY, zoomFactor) → scales the image relatively and repositions the image.

Parameters

• centerX – new x center of the image, in image pixels

• centerY – new y center of the image, in image pixels

• zoom – float value scale by

zoomToActualSize() → scales and centers the image to the full size of the image.

zoomToFill() → scales the image so that it fills the player window.

zoomToFit() → scales the image so that it fits in the player window, maintaining the pixel aspect ratio.

zoomToFitHeight() → scales the image so that the height of the image fits in the player window, maintaining the pixel aspect ratio.

zoomToFitWidth() → scales the image so that the width of the image fits in the player window, maintaining the pixel aspect ratio.

zoomToHalfSize()

self.zoomToActualSize() -> scales and centers the image to half the size of the image.

class hiero.ui.ProcessorUIBase(preset, itemTypes)

ProcessorUIBase is the base class from which all Processor UI components must derive. Defines the UI structure followed by the specialised processor UIs.

checkOfflineMedia(exportItems)

checkUnrenderedComps(exportItems)

Check for unrendered comps selected for export and ask the user what to do.

createPathPreviewWidget()

Create a widget for showing a preview of the expanded export path.

createProcessorSettingsWidget(exportItems)

Create the UI for processor-specific settings. To be reimplemented by subclasses.

createVersionWidget()

Create a widget for selecting the version number for export.

findCompItems(items)

Search for comp clips and track items in a list of ItemWrappers.

findOfflineMedia(exportItems)

findTagsForItems(exportItems)

Find tags for the export items.

getTaskItemType()

isTranscodeExport()

Check if there are transcode tasks in this export.

offlineMediaPrompt(messageText, messageDetails, hasOnline)

onExportStructureModified()

Callback when the export structure is modified by the user.

onExportStructureSelectionChanged()

Callback when the selection in the export structure viewer changes.

onExportStructureViewerDestroyed()

Callback when the export structure viewer is destroyed. Qt will delete it while we still have a reference, so reset to None when the destroyed() signal is emitted.

onVersionIndexChanged(value)

Callback when the version index changes.

onVersionPaddingChanged(padding)

Callback when the version padding changes.

populateUI(processorUIWidget, taskUIWidget, exportItems)

Build the processor UI and add it to widget.

preset()

Get the export preset.

processorSettingsLabel()

Get the label which is put on the tab for processor-specific settings. To be reimplemented by subclasses.

projectFromSelection(items)

refreshContent()

Refresh the content area of this ProcessorUI

savePreset()

Save the export template to the preset.

setPreset(preset)

Set the export preset.

setTaskContent(preset)

Get the UI for a task preset and add it in the ‘Content’ tab.

skipOffline()

toTrackItems(items)

updatePathPreview()

Update the path preview widget for the currently selected item in the tree view.

validate(exportItems)

Validate settings in UI. Return False for failure in order to abort export.

class hiero.ui.RenderTaskUIBase(taskType, preset, displayName)

RenderTaskUIBase is a specialization of TaskUIBase which reflects the codec properties in RenderTaskPreset into UI

buildCodecUI(layout, itemTaskType)

Populate layout with widgets reflected from the RenderPresetBase class

codecTypeComboBoxChanged(value)

createChannelsWidget(layout)

createCodecOptionsPlaceholder(layout)

createCodecPropertyWidgets(file_type, propertyDictionaries)

Create widgets for the given property dictionaries, and add them to the given layout.

createFileTypeWidget(layout)

createOutputTransformWidgets(layout)

createReformatWidgets(layout, itemTaskType)

createViewsWidget(layout)

deleteFirstChildFromWidget(widget)

Get the first child added to the widget’s layout, and delete it, if it exists.

formatChanged()

getOutputTransformProperties()

propertyChanged()

reformatChanged()

Callback when the Reformat combo box selection has changed. Enable/disable the reformat property widgets as appropriate.

setFormat(format)

setWriteNodeFileType(fileType)

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

updateChannelsForFileType(fileType)

updateCodecPropertiesWidget(file_type)

Update the codec properties widget. If applicable, also updates the encoder properties (for movs).

writeNode()

class hiero.ui.SpreadsheetView

beginSelectionUpdate() → Call beginSelectionUpdate before, and endSelectionUpdate after, making multiple setSelection.

endSelectionUpdate() → Call beginSelectionUpdate before, and endSelectionUpdate after, making multiple setSelection.

selectAll()

Select All TrackItems within current sequence.

selectNone()

Unselect all TrackItems.

selection()

sequence()

setSelection(hiero.core.TrackItem)

setSelection([hiero.core.TrackItem]) → None

Will throw exception if selection is not subset of current sequence.

Parameters

selection – track item(s) to be selected.

window() → Return the spreadsheet view window

class hiero.ui.TaskUIBase(taskType, preset, displayName)

TaskUIBase is the base class from hich all TaskUI components should derrive

displayName()

Exporter name to be displayed in the UI

ident() → called by Hiero to get a unique identifier linking this TaskUI with a Task and TaskPreset.

Returns

string

initializeAndPopulateUI(widget, exportTemplate)

initializeUI(widget)

parentType()

populateUI(widget, exportTemplate)

populateUI() Export dialog to allow the TaskUI to populate a QWidget with the ui widgets neccessary to reflect the current preset.

preset()

Return Preset currently assigned to ExporterUI

propertiesChanged

setPreset(preset)

Assign Preset to ExporterUI

setProject(project)

Set the project being used for the current export.

setTags(tags)

setTags passes the subset of tags associated with the selection for export

setTaskItemType(type)

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

taskItemType()

class hiero.ui.TaskUIRegistry

Registry/factory for ITaskUI and IProcessorUI objects.

getNewTaskUIForPreset(preset)

Get a new instance of the task UI class for the preset.

getProcessorUI(index)

Return ProcessorUI registered at specified index

getProcessorUIForPreset(preset)

Return ProcessorUI object associated with the preset type. Note that this returns a stored instance of the preset.

getTaskUI(index)

Return TaskUI registered at specified index

getTaskUIForPreset(preset)

Return TaskUI object associated with the preset type. Note that this returns a stored instance of the preset, which is suitable for calling from C++ code. For actually constructing UIs, getNewTaskUIForPreset() should be called to create a new object.

numProcessorUIs()

Get the number of registered IProcessorUI classes.

numTaskUIs()

Get the number of registered ITaskUI classes.

processorUIByIndex(index)

Return ProcessorUI registered at specified index

registerProcessorUI(processorPreset, processorUI)

Register IProcessorUI class and associate with IProcessorPreset class

registerTaskUI(taskPreset, taskUI)

Register an ITaskUI class and associate with an ITaskPreset class

class hiero.ui.TimelineEditor

Object representing the Timeline Editor.

beginSelectionUpdate() → Call beginSelectionUpdate before, and endSelectionUpdate after, making multiple setSelection.

endSelectionUpdate() → Call beginSelectionUpdate before, and endSelectionUpdate after, making multiple setSelection.

getSelection()

Deprecated; please use the selection method instead.

Returns

tuple of TrackItem and Transition objects

selectAll()

Select All TrackItems within current sequence.

selectNone()

Unselect all TrackItems and Tracks.

selection() → returns a tuple with the currently selected items.

Returns

tuple of TrackItem and Transition objects

sequence() → returns the Sequence currently being edited in the timeline editor.

Returns

Sequence object

setSelection(hiero.core.TrackItem)

setSelection([hiero.core.TrackItem]) → None

Will throw exception if selection is not subset of current sequence.

Parameters

selection – track item(s) to be selected.

setTrackSelection(hiero.core.TrackBase)

setTrackSelection([hiero.core.TrackBase]) → None

Will throw exception if selection is not subset of current sequence.

Parameters

selection – Tracks to be selected.

window() → Return the timeline editor window

class hiero.ui.TimelineEditorCreationFlag(value)

An enumeration.

kDontCreate = 0

kForceCreation = 2

kRecycleOrCreate = 1

class hiero.ui.TracksMask

setTracks()

setVisibleByDefault()

tracks()

visibleByDefault()

class hiero.ui.VersionWidget

Widget for editing version indices and padding. This extends QSpinbox to allow the user to add leading zeroes to specify padding.

padding()

paddingChanged

setPadding(padding)

sizeHint(self) → PySide2.QtCore.QSize

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

textFromValue(self, val: int) → str

valueFromText(self, text: str) → int

class hiero.ui.Viewer

Object for manipulating viewers in Hiero. Get the currently active viewer by calling hiero.ui.currentViewer().

class CompareMode

eCompareDifference = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareDifference

eCompareInvertAndAdd = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareInvertAndAdd

eCompareMinus = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareMinus

eCompareNoBlend = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareNoBlend

eCompareOnionSkin = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOnionSkin

eCompareOver = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOver

eCompareUnder = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareUnder

name

values = {'eCompareDifference': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareDifference, 'eCompareInvertAndAdd': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareInvertAndAdd, 'eCompareMinus': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareMinus, 'eCompareNoBlend': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareNoBlend, 'eCompareOnionSkin': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOnionSkin, 'eCompareOver': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOver, 'eCompareUnder': ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareUnder}

class LayoutMode

eLayoutFree = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutFree

eLayoutGrid = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutGrid

eLayoutHorizontal = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutHorizontal

eLayoutStack = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutStack

eLayoutVertical = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutVertical

eLayoutWipe = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutWipe

name

values = {'eLayoutFree': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutFree, 'eLayoutGrid': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutGrid, 'eLayoutHorizontal': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutHorizontal, 'eLayoutStack': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutStack, 'eLayoutVertical': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutVertical, 'eLayoutWipe': ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutWipe}

class PlaybackMode

ePlaybackBounce = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackBounce

ePlaybackContinue = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackContinue

ePlaybackRepeat = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackRepeat

ePlaybackStop = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackStop

name

values = {'ePlaybackBounce': ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackBounce, 'ePlaybackContinue': ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackContinue, 'ePlaybackRepeat': ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackRepeat, 'ePlaybackStop': ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackStop}

annotationTool() → return the annotation tool for this viewer.

availableGuideOverlayNames() → returns the names of all the guide overlays available in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

The names of all the guide overlays available in the viewer

cachedFrames() → get the frames which are currently cached in the viewer.

Returns

set containing the indices of the cached frames

channels() → returns the current channels in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer clip player’s current channels

channelsChanged

compareMode() → returns the compare mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer.CompareMode object

compareModeChanged

currentLayerChanged

currentLayerName() → returns the name of the current channels layer the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer clip player’s channels layer name

cursorTool()

displayDropFrames() -> True if the drop frames are beingdisplayed on the time format (when timecode is displayed)

Returns

True if the display frames are being displayed

displayTimecode() → True if the timecode is being displayed on the time format

Returns

True if the timecode is being displayed

eCompareDifference = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareDifference

eCompareInvertAndAdd = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareInvertAndAdd

eCompareMinus = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareMinus

eCompareNoBlend = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareNoBlend

eCompareOnionSkin = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOnionSkin

eCompareOver = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareOver

eCompareUnder = ui.Viewer.CompareMode.eCompareUnder

eLayoutFree = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutFree

eLayoutGrid = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutGrid

eLayoutHorizontal = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutHorizontal

eLayoutStack = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutStack

eLayoutVertical = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutVertical

eLayoutWipe = ui.Viewer.LayoutMode.eLayoutWipe

ePlaybackBounce = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackBounce

ePlaybackContinue = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackContinue

ePlaybackRepeat = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackRepeat

ePlaybackStop = ui.Viewer.PlaybackMode.ePlaybackStop

enterFullScreen() → puts the viewer into full screen mode. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

exitFullScreen() → takes the viewer out of full screen mode. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

flushCache() → flush the cache on the viewer and pause caching.

frameDisplayed

frameIncrement() → returns the frame increment for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

the number of frames to skip or nudge

gain() → returns the gain value for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer clip player’s gain value

gainChanged

gamma() → returns the gamma value for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer clip player’s gamma value

gammaChanged

getAchievedFPS() → returns the average fps achieved by the viewer.

Returns

floating point frames per second average

goToInTime()

Move playhead to In point

goToNextEdit() → Move playhead to next edit. Can only be called from the user interface thread.

goToNextTag() → Move playhead to next tag. Can only be called from the user interface thread.

goToOutTime()

Move playhead to Out point

goToPrevEdit() → Move playhead to previous edit. Can only be called from the user interface thread.

goToPrevTag() → Move playhead to previous tag. Can only be called from the user interface thread.

goToTag(tag)

Move playhead to Tag. If Tag (Tag Object or Tag name) does not exists on the Viewer’s Sequence/Clip a KeyError is raised.

Parameters

tag – a Tag object or the name of the desired tag.

goToTrackItemEnd(trackItem)

Move playhead to end of the trackItem.

Parameters

trackItem – sequence’s track item.

goToTrackItemMiddle(trackItem)

Move playhead to middle of the trackItem.

Parameters

trackItem – sequence’s track item.

goToTrackItemStart(trackItem)

Move playhead to start of the trackItem.

Parameters

trackItem – sequence’s track item.

guideOverlayChanged

image() → returns the contents of the viewer as an image, including all overlays. Can only be called from the user interface thread.

Returns

a PySide2.QtGui.QImage object

isCachingPaused() → get whether caching is paused.

Returns

bool

layoutMode() → returns the layout mode the viewer is currently in.

Returns

a Viewer.LayoutMode object

layoutModeChanged

maskOverlayChanged

maskOverlayName() → returns the name of the current mask overlay in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

The name of the mask overlay currently active in the viewer

maskOverlayStyle() → returns the current mask overlay style set in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

The current mask overlay style active in the viewer

maskOverlayStyleChanged

overlaysShown() → get whether overlays are shown in the viewer.

Returns

bool

pauseCaching() → pause caching on the viewer.

play() → starts playback in the viewer in the forward direction. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

playBackwards() → starts playback in the viewer in the backwards direction. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

playForwards() → starts playback in the viewer in the forward direction. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

playbackMode() → returns the compare mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

a Viewer.PlaybackMode object

playbackModeChanged

playbackSpeed() → Get the current playback speed, which will be 0 if playback is not currently in progress.

playbackSpeedChanged

player(index) → returns the player object attached to this viewer, based on the input index.

Parameters

index – integer index of the player to retrieve

Returns

hiero.ui.Player object

playheadStateChanged

resumeCaching() → resume caching on the viewer.

selectedGuideOverlayNames() → returns the names of the current guide overlays in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Returns

The names of all the guide overlays currently active in the viewer

sequenceChanged

setChannels(channels) → Sets the channels in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

channels – the channels to be set in the viewer

setCompareMode(mode) → changes the compare mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

compareMode – a Viewer.CompareMode value

setDisplayTimecode(displayTimecode) → Sets the viewer to display Timecode if 'displayTimecode' is True, or Timeline Frame otherwise

Returns

None

setExpanded()

self.setExpandState() -> set the expanded state of the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

expanded – Expand viewer

setFrameIncrement(frames) → changes the frame increment for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

frames – the number of frames to skip or nudge

setGain(gain) → changes the gain for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

gain – a gain value to be set in the viewer

setGamma(gamma) → changes the gamma for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

gamma – a gamma value to be set in the viewer

setGuideOverlayFromRemote() → Sets the guide overlays in the viewer from a remote source. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

• overlayNames – the names of the overlays to be set

• remoteOverlaysAvailable – the names of the overlays that are available to the remote client

setLayer(layerName) → Sets the channels layer in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

layerName – the name of the channels layer to be set in the viewer

setLayoutMode(mode) → changes the layout mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

layoutMode – a Viewer.LayoutMode value indicating what layout to set the viewer to

setMaskOverlayFromRemote() → Sets the guide overlays in the viewer from a remote source. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

remoteOverlayName – the name of the overlay to be set

setMaskOverlayStyle() → Sets the channels in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

pyStyle – the mask style to be set in the viewer

setOverlaysShown(show) → set whether overlays are shown in the viewer.

Parameters

show – bool

setPlaybackMode()

self.setCompareMode(mode) -> changes the playback mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

mode – a Viewer.PlaybackMode value

setPlaybackSpeed(speed) → Set the current playback speed. Setting to 0 will stop, -1 play in reverse, etc.

setPlayer(index) → sets the active player if index is a valid player index.

Parameters

index – integer index of the player to set as the active player

setSequence() → set the sequence for this viewer

Parameters

• sequence – the sequence to set on this viewer

• indexOfPlayer – index to specify which of the players the sequence should be set on

setTime(time) → seeks the play head of the viewer to the time parameter. Works the same as scrubbing the timeline in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

time – frame to set the play head to

setTimeDisplayFormat() → Change the current time display format of the viewer

Parameters

• displayTimecode – Display timecode

• displayDropFrames – Display drop frames

setTracksMask() → modify the status of the tracks of one of the buffers. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

• indexOfPlayer – integer index of the player

• tracksMask – TracksMask instance

setView(name, viewIndex) → If name matches an existing view then the Viewers's active view for viewIndex is set to the view given by name.

Parameters

• name – string

• viewIndex – optional; integer (for example in stereo a viewIndex of 0 corresponds to the primary view and 1 to the secondary view)

shuttleTargetFPSChanged

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

stop() → stops playback in the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

syncShuttleTargetFPS() → Syncs the current target frame rate of the shuttle target frame rate

Parameters

fps – Target frame rate for the shuttle tool

syncTargetFrameRate() → Syncs the target frame rate of the viewer when it is modifiedby other client during a sync review

Parameters

• numerator – Numerator of the target frame rate

• denominator – Denominator of the target frame rate

targetFrameRateChanged

time() → returns the current frame of the viewer.

timeChanged

timeDisplayFormatChanged

toggleFullScreen() → toggles full screen mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

toggleFullScreen1_1() → toggles 1:1 full screen mode for the viewer. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

trackSelectionChanged

tracksMask() → returns status of the tracks of one of the buffers. Can only be called from the user interface thread. Use hiero.core.executeInMainThread if you need to call it from a non-ui thread.

Parameters

indexOfPlayer – integer index of the player

Returns

TracksMask instance

transformChanged

view(viewIndex) → Returns the name of the active view for viewIndex.

Parameters

viewIndex – optional; integer (for example in stereo a viewIndex of 0 corresponds to the primary view and 1 to the secondary view)

window() → Return the viewer window

wipeTool() → return the wipe tool for this viewer

class hiero.ui.ViewerCursor

color

label

pos

class hiero.ui.ViewerCursorTool

cursorLeave

cursorPositionChanged

setCursors()

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

class hiero.ui.ViewerTool

Python interface for the viewer tools

activeChanged

isActive() → get the tool's active state

setActive(active) → set the tool's active state

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

class hiero.ui.ViewerWipeTool

setWipeToolState()

staticMetaObject = <PySide2.QtCore.QMetaObject object>

wipeToolState()

wipeToolStateChanged

class hiero.ui.WindowManager

Global object to handle window management in Hiero. Use hiero.ui.windowManager() to get the single instance of this object to use.

class WindowMenuSection

kApplicationSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kApplicationSection

kDocumentSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kDocumentSection

kNumGroups = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kNumGroups

kQAToolsSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kQAToolsSection

name

values = {'kApplicationSection': ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kApplicationSection, 'kDocumentSection': ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kDocumentSection, 'kNumGroups': ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kNumGroups, 'kQAToolsSection': ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kQAToolsSection}

addWindow(window, section, shortcut) → adds a window to the window manager and insert a menu item for it into the Window menu. This will also make the window dockable with Hiero's other windows.

Parameters

• window – QWidget object for the window

• section – section (either an int, or a WindowManager.WindowMenuSection) to insert the menu item into

• shortcut – shortcut to apply to the menu item. See the documentation on QKeySequence for more info

kApplicationSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kApplicationSection

kDocumentSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kDocumentSection

kNumGroups = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kNumGroups

kQAToolsSection = ui.WindowManager.WindowMenuSection.kQAToolsSection

popupWindow(window) → Opens the window in a floating dock panel.

Parameters

window – QWidget object for the window

showWindow(window) → Opens the window in its layout position or if as a floating dock panel

Parameters

window – QWidget object for the window

windows() → Returns a list with the available widgets in WindowManager

Returns

list of the available widgets in WindowManager

class hiero.ui.WipeToolState

gauge

rotation

translateX

translateY

hiero.ui.activeSequence() → gets the currently active sequence.

Returns

a hiero.core.Sequence of the last activated hiero.ui.TimelineEditor, hiero.ui.SpreadsheetView object or hiero.ui.Viewer object

hiero.ui.activeView() → gets the currently active view object.

Returns

depending on the active view, a hiero.ui.TimelineEditor, a hiero.ui.SpreadsheetView object, a hiero.ui.Viewer object or a hiero.ui.BinView object

hiero.ui.addMenuAction(path, action, before=None)

Add a QAction to the main menubar. The ‘path’ parameter specifies the menu to which to add the action as a ‘/’-separated string. The path may contain either internal action names or display names. e.g. ‘View/Transform’, or (better) ‘foundry.menu.view/foundry.view.transform’.” The optional ‘before’ parameter specifies the name of an item the action should be inserted before. If this is not specified, the action is appended to the menu.

hiero.ui.browseForApplication(message, initialPath, parentWidget) → brings up the file browser to allow the user to select an application. Allows the user to select an executable file on Windows and Linux, and to select an application bundle (\*.app) directory on OSX.

Parameters

• message – prompt to display to the user in the file browser

• initialPath – initial path to set the file browser to. Can be a zero length string

• parentWidget – QWidget to set as the parent of the file browser. Can be None.

Returns

string

hiero.ui.createMenuAction(name, method, icon=None, path=None)

Creates a menu action (QAction) for use in context menus or Main menubar. The ‘name’ parameter specifies the title of the action.

Param

name - the title of the menu action

Param

method - the Python method which this action triggers

Param

icon (optional) - provides an icon for the action. This can be an absolute path (‘/var/tmp/myIcon.png’), or relative path (‘icons:myIcon.png’)

Param

path (optional) - the path to the menu action. The action objects name will be set to this value

hiero.ui.currentContextMenuView() → returns the current view for the context menu. Only valid during a kShowContextMenu event callback.

Returns

hiero.ui.Viewer, hiero.ui.TimelineEditor, hiero.ui.BinView, depending on which window had the context menu created for it

hiero.ui.currentViewer() → returns the current viewer window.

Returns

hiero.ui.Viewer

hiero.ui.currentWorkspace() → Returns the name of the current Workspace.

Returns

name of current Workspace as a string

hiero.ui.findMenuAction(name)

Find a QAction in the main menubar. The ‘name’ parameter specifies the name of the action. The name may be either an internal action name or a display name. e.g. ‘Cut’, or (better) ‘foundry.application.cut’.”

hiero.ui.findRegisteredAction(name) → Find the action with the given name.

Returns

a QAction, or None if not found.

hiero.ui.findRegisteredActions(pattern) → Find the action that starts with the given pattern.

Returns

a QAction list or None on an error.

hiero.ui.flushAllViewersCache() → flush the cache of all viewers and pause caching

hiero.ui.getFlipbook()

hiero.ui.getProjectRootInteractive(project)

Try to get a valid root path from the project. If the existing exportRootDirectory() is not set or doesn’t exist, the user will be prompted to select one. If no path is selected, returns None.

hiero.ui.getTimelineEditor(sequence, creationFlag) → Find the TimelineEditor for the given Sequence. A new TimelineEditor may be created or an existing one may be recycled depending on the creationFlag parameter, see hiero.ui.TimelineEditorCreationFlag. If the optional creationFlag is not specified, the default behavior will recycle an existing TimelineEditor or create one i.e. hiero.ui.TimelineEditorCreationFlag.kRecycleOrCreate.

Parameters

• sequence – A hiero.core.Sequence object

• (Optional) (creationFlag) – Enum flag of type hiero.ui.TimelineEditorCreationFlag. This flag determines the behavior when a TimelineEditor is not found for the given Sequence.

Returns

a hiero.ui.TimelineEditor if one exist or is successfully created/recycled.

hiero.ui.insertMenuAction(action, menu, before=None, after=None)

Insert a QAction into the given QMenu. If strings ‘before’ or ‘after’ are specified, the action is inserted before or after the action with that name. If no such action is found or ‘before/after’ are not given, the action is appended to the menu.

hiero.ui.isInAnyProject()

hiero.ui.isInAnyTimeline()

hiero.ui.mainWindow() → used to get Hiero's main window object.

Returns

a PySide2.QtGui.QMainWindow object

hiero.ui.menuBar() → used to get Hiero's global menu bar.

Returns

a PySide2.QtGui.QMenuBar object

hiero.ui.monitorOutNode()

hiero.ui.openFileBrowser(caption='', mode=1, pattern='', initialPath='', forSave=False, canChooseMultiple=False, sequencesEnabled=False, mayNotExist=False, showAllFileTypes=False, confirmOverwrite=True, requiredExtension='') → string list.

Displays a modal foundry file browser dialog.

Parameters

• caption – Optional. Message to display in the dialog.

• mode – Optional. Selection mode (1=Files Only, 2=Directories Only, 3=Files and Directories)

• pattern – Optional. File filter pattern.

• initialPath – Optional. The selected path on dialog creation.

• forSave – Optional. Configure dialog for saving a file.

• multipleSelection – Optional. Allow selection of multiple files.

• sequencesEnabled – Optional. Configure file browser for showing sequences.

• mayNotExist – Optional. Allow return of paths that don’t exist e.g. for saving.

• showAllFileTypes – Optional. Show all files regardless of the filter.

• confirmOverwrite – Optional. If file exists will ask user to confirm overwrite. If canceled the file will not be in the returned list of paths.

• requiredExtension – Optional. Enforce a certain file extension.

Returns

The selected files as a list of strings

hiero.ui.openInNewViewer(hiero.core.BinItem) → Opens a BinItem's activeItem (Clip/Sequence) in a new Viewer.

hiero.ui.openInNewViewer(hiero.core.Sequence) → Opens a Sequence in a new Viewer.

hiero.ui.openInNewViewer(hiero.core.Clip) → Opens a Clip in a new Viewer.

Returns

hiero.ui.Viewer object

hiero.ui.openInOSShell()

hiero.ui.openInSpreadsheet(hiero.core.Sequence) → Opens a Sequence in a Spreadsheet.

Returns

hiero.ui.SpreadsheetView object

hiero.ui.openInTimeline(hiero.core.BinItem) → Opens a BinItem's activeItem (Clip/Sequence) in a Timeline View.

hiero.ui.openInTimeline(hiero.core.Sequence) → Opens a Sequence in a Timeline View.

hiero.ui.openInTimeline(hiero.core.Clip) → Opens a Clip in a Timeline View.

Returns

hiero.ui.TimelineEditor object

hiero.ui.openInTimeline( [hiero.core.BinItem] ) -> Opens a list of BinItems’ activeItems (Clips/Sequences) in a Timeline View. :return: tuple of hiero.ui.TimelineEditor objects

hiero.ui.openInViewer(hiero.core.BinItem) → Opens a BinItem's activeItem (Clip/Sequence) in the Viewer.

hiero.ui.openInViewer(hiero.core.Sequence) → Opens a Sequence in the Viewer.

hiero.ui.openInViewer(hiero.core.Clip) → Opens a Clip in the Viewer.

Returns

hiero.ui.Viewer object

hiero.ui.openProject()

hiero.ui.registerAction(action) → Register an action.

hiero.ui.registerBinViewCustomMimeDataType(customMimeType) → registers a custom mime type so that Hiero passes on drag and drop events through the event system. For an example of how to use this method, see the bin_drop.py example.

hiero.ui.registerPanel(id, command)

hiero.ui.registeredActions() → Returns a list of all registered actions.

Returns

a tuple of QActions

hiero.ui.resetCurrentWorkspace() → Resets the current Workspace to its default state.

Returns

None

hiero.ui.restorePanel(id)

hiero.ui.saveWorkspace(name) → Save the current Workspace with name.

Returns

None

Example: hiero.ui.saveWorkspace(‘NewWorkspaceName’)

hiero.ui.sendToViewerA(hiero.core.BinItem) → Sends a BinItem's activeItem (Clip/Sequence) to the Viewer A.

hiero.ui.sendToViewerA(hiero.core.Sequence) → Sends a Sequence to the Viewer A.

hiero.ui.sendToViewerA(hiero.core.Clip) → Sends a Clip to the Viewer A.

hiero.ui.sendToViewerB(hiero.core.BinItem) → Sends a BinItem's activeItem (Clip/Sequence) to the Viewer B.

hiero.ui.sendToViewerB(hiero.core.Sequence) → Sends a Sequence to the Viewer B.

hiero.ui.sendToViewerB(hiero.core.Clip) → Sends a Clip to the Viewer B.

hiero.ui.setWorkspace(name) → Sets the Workspace with name, as per the name in the Workspace menu.

Returns

None

Example: hiero.ui.setWorkspace(‘Reviewing’)

hiero.ui.trackNameValidator()

hiero.ui.unregisterBinViewCustomMimeDataType(customMimeType) → unregisters a custom mime type that was previously registered using hiero.ui.registerBinViewCustomMimeDataType().

hiero.ui.unregisterPanel(id, command)

hiero.ui.updateViewer()

hiero.ui.windowManager() → returns the single WindowManager object.

Returns

hiero.ui.WindowManager