A. Capture screenshots

All screenshots needed to be taken from mobile mode in Delevoper Tools at 150%. This had to be done manually. However I could write a script to normalize the screenshots so they could be easily dropped into the animation templates.

B. Normalize screenshots

The Photoshop, javascript script cycled through a directory of png screenshots, then called on a Photoshop action to crop each screen. Then the javascript named each file based on the date/time each screenshot was taken. This allowed for the screens to be organized, replaced, and easily accesible for another script to build the localized aniamtions.

A. Create localization object for each country

Using object-oriented-programming, the script creates a localization object for each country that can be used to create each localized composition.

B. Duplicate template composition

From there, a method takes that object, finds and duplicates the template composition, then names it based on the country + template.

C. Replace masked layers

Lastly, this script went in to the new composition then replaced all the layers with with localized screen shots.

A. Convert .MOVs to .GIFs

Normally, this can be very time consuming (creating GIFs from MOVs). This is because it takes a while for Photoshop to load an mov file, expecially if it's high quality. Then when you need to select specific settings, like # of colors, specific colors, dither, color mode, etc, the sotware can become really clunky. Luckily I created a script to cycle through a directory of MOV files, and convert them to gifs. You can select specefic attributes before the script executes. This script was my most useful script at Firewood and saved me the most time, and I used it to export thousands of gifs.

B. Normalize screenshots

Also I had to modify this script to execute some photoshop actions. These actions made the gifs only loop twice, and used specific color pallettes in the gif. The script would determine which Photoshop actions to run based on the name.