Takes a folder with video footage and sequences a film using random time slices from each video. You set the input folders and the start, mid, and end time window durations. The program does the rest. Each time you run this, you will end up with a slightly different movie from the same set of footage. Videos are sequenced alphabetically. If you want to sequence them by creation timestamp, run the included python script first.

• Apple Photos
• Adobe Premiere
• autotimeline.jsx
• creationtimerename.py

1. Export your footage into a folder, e.g. "Original Footage." The program uses the file creation dates to sequence your final film.

2. Change the name of all the videos so they are alphabetically sortable by creation date using the provided script.

   python renametocreationtime.py <input_directory> <output_directory>
   

   e.g.:

   python renametocreationtime.py "Original Footage" "Indexed Footage"
   

3. Install ExtendScript from Adobe Creative Cloud Marketplace (search within Plugins).

4. Edit autotimeline.jsx. Update INPUT_FOLDERS to the folder where you sent all the renamed footage files. You can also change MIN_CLIP_LENGTH_SECONDS and MAX_CLIP_LENGTH_SECONDS to change the pacing of the film.

5. Run the script. (You may need to accept a dialog box that appears.)

6. Preview and export the movie! (Note that there is a bug where any clips without soundtracks will break the sequence. You may have to remove from your input folder.)

7. Make some popcorn. Watch the movie.