What is NewBlue?
NewBlue is a developer of video effects, transitions, and titling software for consumer video editing. They also integrate with Adobe Premiere Pro, Blackmagic Design, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, and more.
More information about NewBlue on their website.
Adding a NewBlue 'device' to the Automator
In the top right corner of the Automator, we see 'Devices' - this can be either in red or green depending on the status of the configured devices. Click it and select 'Add device'.
Next, select 'NewBlue' from the 'Device type' dropdown list, then give it a name.
Once the NewBlue device is selected and given a name, we will see all fields needed to configure it so it can be used with the Automator.
Basic device configuration
You can enable or disable the NewBlue device, you can enter the hostname, as well as the port and project path to .nbtlproj file. Once these settings have been entered, the device should show as 'online' (green) in the top right corner.
The settings that are entered by default by the Cuez Automator represent the default settings needed for NewBlue if the Automator is installed on the same computer as the NewBlue itself. You can change these settings as needed, depending on your exact configuration.
Media handling configuration
Next, check the box to indicate that this NewBlue device will be handling media. More settings will appear, allowing you to configure where media needs to be downloaded and which media we want the Automator to download for our NewBlue device.
Download folders
The 'Download folder' is the folder where the Automator will download all media to, with its location seen as from the Automator. If NewBlue and the Automator are installed on the same computer, then this will be a local folder. If NewBlue and the Automator are on separate devices, this will be with an IP address on the local network.
The 'Device media folder' is the folder where the Automator will download all media to, with its location seen as from NewBlue itself.
Automatically delete files
We can also set files to be automatically deleted after 24 hours or a week. This way you don’t keep all downloaded media in case it is not needed anymore.
Define Blocks with media
Finally we can configure which Blocks will need their media downloaded for our NewBlue. For this, click 'Add media field' at the bottom, select your Block configuration (for example 'Clip') and then the field name of the media (usually 'Media'). Repeat this step for all Block configurations that need their media downloaded by the NewBlue you are configuring.
As soon as these final settings have been configured, the media from the Episode will start downloading to the folders that were defined. A green checkmark next to a thumbnail (in the Script) indicates the media was successfully downloaded.
Configuring actions
The next step is then to configure each Item and Block configuration with the (set of) functions you want to perform on the NewBlue when triggering the Item or Block - more on that in this article.
