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How do the properties written by the Python OTIO annotation hook differ from those written by the Mu Annotate mode for the same pen stroke or text box?

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The OTIO import hook writes pen strokes with fixed constants (debug 1, join 3, cap 1, splat 0), copies uuid and soft-deleted state from the OTIO layer, treats invisible layers as deleted and leaves them out of frame:N.order, and writes no undo/redo stacks; the interactive Mu mode generates uuid4 ids and keeps per-user undo/redo stacks. Imported drawings therefore are not undoable like hand-drawn ones. Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22 at OpenRV 27db5464; nothing run. Text font property differences from producer reading. Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22 at OpenRV 27db5464; nothing run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/plugins/rv-packages/otio_reader/annotation_hook.py",
      "note": "otio_reader/annotation_hook.py L124-L143, L279-L287; annotate/annotate_mode.mu (uuid4 generation; undo_/redo_ stacks)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/plugins/rv-packages/annotate/annotate_mode.mu",
      "note": "otio_reader/annotation_hook.py L124-L143, L279-L287; annotate/annotate_mode.mu (uuid4 generation; undo_/redo_ stacks)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/lib/ip/IPBaseNodes/PaintIPNode.cpp",
      "note": "otio_reader/annotation_hook.py L124-L143, L279-L287; annotate/annotate_mode.mu (uuid4 generation; undo_/redo_ stacks)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The OTIO import hook writes pen strokes with fixed constants (debug 1, join 3, cap 1, splat 0), copies uuid and soft-deleted state from the OTIO layer, treats invisible layers as deleted and leaves them out of frame:N.order, and writes no undo/redo stacks; the interactive Mu mode generates uuid4 ids and keeps per-user undo/redo stacks. Imported drawings therefore are not undoable like hand-drawn ones. · locator: otio_reader/annotation_hook.py L124-L143, L279-L287; annotate/annotate_mode.mu (uuid4 generation; undo_/redo_ stacks) source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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