This Python script for Blackmagic Resolve and Resolve Studio will create a custom popup message you can use to play a joke on your unsuspecting coworkers.<\/p>\n
To install copy and paste this script into a plain text editor and save as April Fools Day.py to one of these locations:<\/p>\n
Linux: macOS: Windows: The script will be accessible from the Workspace -> Scripts -> Edit menu.<\/p>\n Windows requires Python 2.7 or 3.6.<\/p>\n See the video tutorial<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n Visit www.metafide.com<\/a> for DaVinci Resolve productivity apps and custom Resolve coding.<\/p>\n Thanks Adrew Hazelden for demystifying the Blackmagic API built-in Qt bindings.<\/p>\n <\/code><\/pre>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This Python script for Blackmagic Resolve and Resolve Studio will create a custom popup message you can use to play a joke on your unsuspecting coworkers. To install copy and paste this script into a plain text editor and save as April Fools Day.py to one of these locations: Linux: \/opt\/resolve\/Fusion\/Scripts\/Edit macOS: \/Library\/Application Support\/Blackmagic Design\/DaVinci … Continue reading DaVinci Resolve Joke Message<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n%PROGRAMDATA%\\Blackmagic Design\\DaVinci Resolve\\Support\\Fusion\\Scripts\\Edit<\/code><\/p>\n<\/p>\n#! \/usr\/bin\/env python\r\n# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\r\n\r\n# Joke pop-up messsage for DaVinci Resolve and resolve Studio. Use at your own risk.\r\n# I'm not responsible for any damages or loss of work arising from the use of this script.\r\n# The script itself can't cause any damage, but a colorist freaking out may!\r\n\r\n# Igor Ridanovic, Meta Fide, www.metafide.com\r\n# Thanks Adrew Hazelden for demystifying the BMD API built-in Qt bindings.\r\n\r\n# Save this script as April Fools Day.py to:\r\n# Windows: %PROGRAMDATA%\\Blackmagic Design\\DaVinci Resolve\\Support\\Fusion\\Scripts\\Edit\r\n# macOS: \/Library\/Application Support\/Blackmagic Design\/DaVinci Resolve\/Fusion\/Scripts\/Edit\r\n# Linux: \/opt\/resolve\/Fusion\/Scripts\/Edit\r\n\r\n# The script will be accessible from the Workspace -> Scripts -> Edit menu.\r\n\r\nimport sys\r\nimport time\r\n\r\nbuttonCSS = '''\r\n QPushButton {\r\n background-color: #2f2f2f;\r\n color: #929292;\r\n width: 98px;\r\n height: 13px;\r\n font-size: 12px;\r\n font-weight: normal;\r\n border-color: #e64b3d;\r\n border-style: solid;\r\n border-width: 1px;\r\n border-radius: 12px;\r\n padding: 5px;\r\n margin-left: 8px;\r\n margin-top: 20px;\r\n margin-bottom: 6px;\r\n outline: 0;\r\n }\r\n QPushButton:hover {\r\n color: #ffffff;\r\n }\r\n QPushButton:pressed {\r\n background-color: #171717;\r\n }\r\n }\r\n'''\r\n\r\nlabelCSS = '''\r\n QLabel {\r\n color: #fafafa;\r\n font-size: 16px;\r\n font-weight: bold;\r\n margin-left: 8px;\r\n margin-right: 8px;\r\n }\r\n'''\r\n\r\njokeMessageCSS = '''\r\n QLabel {\r\n margin-left: 8px;\r\n margin-right: 8px;\r\n }\r\n'''\r\n\r\n\r\nclass AprilFoolsDay(object):\r\n\r\n def __init__(self):\r\n try:\r\n self.ui = fusion.UIManager\r\n self.disp = bmd.UIDispatcher(self.ui)\r\n # No support for the DVR internal Qt when running as an external script.\r\n except AttributeError:\r\n sys.exit()\r\n\r\n def collect_input(self):\r\n\r\n win = self.disp.AddWindow({ 'ID': 'Message1',\r\n 'WindowTitle': 'DaVinci Resolve',\r\n 'WindowModality': 'WindowModal'\r\n },\r\n\r\n [\r\n self.ui.VGroup(\r\n [\r\n self.ui.VGap(0, .25),\r\n self.ui.Label({ 'ID': 'msgHeader',\r\n 'WordWrap': True,\r\n 'Text': 'Enter a joke message and time delay.',\r\n 'StyleSheet': labelCSS\r\n }),\r\n\r\n self.ui.LineEdit({'ID': 'jokeHeader', 'PlaceholderText': 'Message header'}),\r\n self.ui.LineEdit({'ID': 'jokeMsg', 'PlaceholderText': 'Message'}),\r\n self.ui.HGroup(\r\n [\r\n self.ui.LineEdit({'ID': 'secondsDelay', 'PlaceholderText': 'Seconds'}),\r\n self.ui.HGap(0, 7)\r\n ]),\r\n\r\n self.ui.HGroup(\r\n [\r\n self.ui.HGap(0, 4),\r\n self.ui.Button({'ID': 'Accept',\r\n 'Text': 'Done',\r\n 'StyleSheet': buttonCSS\r\n })\r\n ]),\r\n ]),\r\n ])\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n self.itm = win.GetItems()\r\n\r\n def _closewindow(ev):\r\n self.disp.ExitLoop()\r\n\r\n win.On.Accept.Clicked = _closewindow\r\n\r\n win.Resize([500,230])\r\n win.Show()\r\n self.disp.RunLoop()\r\n win.Hide()\r\n\r\n # Return delay for the joke message.\r\n delay = self.itm['secondsDelay'].Text\r\n if delay == '' or not delay.isdigit():\r\n delay = 0\r\n\r\n return int(delay)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n def display_message(self):\r\n\r\n jokeHeader = self.itm['jokeHeader'].Text\r\n jokeMessage = self.itm['jokeMsg'].Text\r\n\r\n if jokeHeader.rstrip() == '':\r\n jokeHeader = 'DaVinci Resolve Joke Message'\r\n\r\n if jokeMessage.rstrip() == '':\r\n jokeMessage = 'This joke message was brought to you by Meta Fide. When you are done joking visit www.metafide.com for more serious off-the-shelf and custom apps.'\r\n\r\n win = self.disp.AddWindow({ 'ID': 'Message2',\r\n 'WindowTitle': 'DaVinci Resolve',\r\n 'WindowModality': 'WindowModal'\r\n },\r\n\r\n [\r\n self.ui.VGroup(\r\n [\r\n\r\n self.ui.Label({ 'ID': 'msgHeader',\r\n 'WordWrap': True,\r\n 'Text': jokeHeader,\r\n 'StyleSheet': labelCSS\r\n }),\r\n self.ui.Label({ 'ID': 'msg-txt',\r\n 'WordWrap': True,\r\n 'Text': jokeMessage,\r\n 'StyleSheet': jokeMessageCSS\r\n }),\r\n\r\n self.ui.HGroup(\r\n [\r\n self.ui.HGap(0, 4),\r\n self.ui.Button({'ID': 'Accept',\r\n 'Text': 'Done',\r\n 'StyleSheet': buttonCSS\r\n })\r\n ]),\r\n ]),\r\n ])\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n itm = win.GetItems()\r\n\r\n def _closewindow(ev):\r\n self.disp.ExitLoop()\r\n\r\n win.On.Accept.Clicked = _closewindow\r\n\r\n win.Resize([500,185])\r\n win.Show()\r\n self.disp.RunLoop()\r\n win.Hide()\r\n\r\n\r\nif __name__ == '__main__':\r\n\r\n afd = AprilFoolsDay()\r\n delay = afd.collect_input()\r\n time.sleep(delay)\r\n afd.display_message()\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n