We are in the process of starting some more training/tutorial materials for Draft and I thought what would be a good reference is a cookbook style of examples. For those not familiar, Programming Cookbooks are basically collections of reusable snippets (or ‘recipes’) that you can use again and again, and also includes some discussion about the recipe itself for some deeper information. A cookbook is not as thorough as a tutorial usually, but it is handy to refer to even after you have mastered Draft, and also is handy for folks to who want to learn by example. The advantage is that it allows us to add more contextual information than just what the sample templates give you.
Here are topics I have already:
Basics:
- Resize an Image
- Set the path for saving
- Make a movie file ( .mov, mp4, avi )
- Make a streaming movie file
- Add Text to an Image
- Add a Frame Counter to a movie
- Add a watermark
- Saving Multiple Outputs in a Single Script
- Merge two images
Advanced:
- Using Deadline Job Extra Info Meta-data in templates
- Make a contact sheet
- Make side-by-side movie (e.g. two eyes)
- Split a mov file into single images
Are there any other suggestions for what should be included in the cookbook?