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In 2.80 I can add a Text effect strip with the following:

 effName = "eff" + tCStr[-3:] effName = sequences.new_effect( name=tField, type="TEXT", channel=tChan, frame_start=fStart, frame_end=fEnd)

That works fine.

However, I also need to remove the strip.

I can remove Image strips with:

sequences.remove(image_strip1)

And I can remove Sound strips with:

sequences.remove(sound_strip1)

I have tried all of the following to remove the Text strips with results as shown.

I'm sure there is a simple way to do this, or failing that, at least some way to do it.

Notes:

• effName is set to a range of values from eff000 to eff010

• tField is set to a range of values from Text0000 to Text0010

• xName is set to either effxxx or Textxxxx

sequences.remove_effect(xName)

AttributeError: 'bpy_prop_collection' object has no attribute 'remove_effect'

sequences.effect_strip_remove(xName)

AttributeError: 'bpy_prop_collection' object has no attribute 'effect_strip_remove'

sequences.remove(xName)

TypeError: Sequences.remove(): error with argument 1, "sequence" - Function.sequence expected a Sequence type, not str

sequences.remove(eval(xName))

File "<'string>", line 1, in NameError: name 'eff000' is not defined

sequences.remove(eval(xName))

File "<'string>", line 1, in NameError: name 'Text0000' is not defined

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You have to pass an object of type bpy.types.Sequence into bpy.types.Sequences.remove(). This means you can pass the return value of sequences.new_effect() into sequences.remove(). In the example in your question that reference would be stored in effName.

bpy.context.scene.sequence_editor.sequences.remove(effName)

If you don't have a reference to the sequence anymore, you will have to retrieve it from:

bpy.context.scene.sequence_editor.sequences_all

Update: Since there seems to be some misunderstanding about my explanation, you find a fully functional code example below. As I said before, you need to store the return value of new_effect() to later us it as input for remove().

import bpy sequences = bpy.context.scene.sequence_editor.sequences names = ['a', 'b', 'c'] tChan = 0 fStart = 0 fEnd = 50 text_effects = [] for name in names: text_effect_strip = sequences.new_effect( name=name, type='TEXT', channel=tChan, frame_start=fStart, frame_end=fEnd ) text_effects.append(text_effect_strip) for text_effect_strip in text_effects: sequences.remove(text_effect_strip)
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  • $\begingroup$ When I tried what you suggested i got: TypeError: Sequences.remove(): error with argument 1, "sequence" - Function.sequence expected a Sequence type, not str -- So I tried bpy.context.scene.sequence_editor.sequences.remove(eval(effName)) and got: File "<'string>", line 1, in NameError: name 'eff000' is not defined -- I assume this means I need to use: bpy.context.scene.sequence_editor.sequences_all -- How do I do that? $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 7:22
  • $\begingroup$ I assumed that effName contains the return value of sequences.new_effect as shown in your example above. Store the return value of sequences.new_effect and pass that value to sequences.remove. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 7:24
  • $\begingroup$ I have tried every possible iteration I can think of for sequences.remove; see the notes in my question. None of them work. What am I missing? $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 7:39
  • $\begingroup$ @batFINGER, any insight? $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 7:52
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    $\begingroup$ @mcgeo52 That doesn't really change the approach though. I have added an example to my answer that should make things more clear. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 8:41

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