global variable within ScriptClip?

[zee944]

Hey,

In short, I'd like to store an information into a variable within the ScriptClip environment and query the variable at a (much) later point in the script.

A little longer explanation: in a video the first 10,000 frames are different (softer), so need different treatment. In the middle of the script, I do a Trim(), trimming down frames from both the beginning and end of the video, and after the Trim() command I have to apply a filter to the first segment (what remained from the originally 10,000 frames after trimming).

What I had in mind was this (rough example):

  ScriptClip("""
	arethesecredits=(current_frame<10000)?true:false
  """)
  ...
  Trim(2654,128609)
  ...
  <lots of scripting here>
  ...
  (arethesecredits == true ) ? Sharp(1.0) : Blur (0.25)

It turned out it doesn't work. Not even with putting the last line into another ScriptClip().

I know there are theoretical roundabouts to this, such as applying the filter before the trimming, or do everything within one ScriptClip() command, but in this case these wouldn't really work in the practice. Modifying the script to achieve this simple thing would make my life difficult as hell.

Does anyone know how to implement the original idea? It'd be very-very helpful to me.