Animation Sequence Editor scripting

Development Programming & Scripting
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I’d like to learn how to script (as in - automate in any possible way, preferrable by Python script that I am already familiar with) Animation Sequence Editor, but so far, I was unable to find a starting point for my effort.

I am already doing some automation over Sequencer and found a Python API for that.
Can someone point me in the correct direction?

What I need to achieve :

  • Pick one (or several) curves from one animation and copy - paste them to another by script (Python or any other way). Ideally, be able to edit the curves themselves with full control (like - change curve values per frame etc.)

Appreciate your help!

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Alright, so countless hours in on an open sea with no guidance, I can answer my own question :slight_smile: in case it helps future drowners, perhaps making this community a little bit more … sharing?

Blueprints.
They can be called easily from Python API (which I did not realise at first) and they can do quite possibly anything you can imagine. For me, it would be more natural to write C++ directly (that WYSIWYG feel is not quite right for me) but that is another chapter I need to research.

For now, I am able to wire a Blueprint, make it accept parameters (~ what anim sequences to mix), then invoke it from within Python script to transfer portion of one animation (eye movement) to another, concatenate them, interpolate or anything.