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Play a tGA sequence as a footage item
Hi, I’m having to work on FCP for the first time and really need to know how to make it play a TGA sequence as a footage item?
Many thanks
AndrewPS – really new to FCP so please keep the answer simple :o)
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Not sure what you mean, but when I import a sequence of tifs back from treating them in photoshop, I create a fresh bin just for that, I set that bin up so imported still duration is automatically one frame (very important step to do first)* do a “select all” on the still files, wherever they are, and drop them in the new bin, save that, then do a select-all again from the bin, and drag that to the timeline, and release. If you didn’t mess with the incremental file names, everything works just fine on the timeline for me, with this method, and all frames stay in the right sequence.
From there I would probably export/render a self-contained ref movie, then bring the ref movie back into the main bin and use it from then on like any other clip, so dissolves and etc. will work just fine.
Probably not the most efficient method, but it works for me. I’d be interested in anybody else’s method for doing this, when you round-trip clips to photoshop for things like rotoscoping work or special filter applications you can’t otherwise get.
*If you set a frame duration in the new bin other than one, befoer you begin importing frames, you will generate slomo files that won’t synch with your original audio, depending on how many times each imported frame is copied.
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Motion can handle image seq as footage. Then just render out a mov from there.
QT will do it too.
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AE as well.
Chris Tompkins
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Hi Mark
Thanks for the detailed reply, although it does sound like a real pain to do.I am actually exporting the TGS sequence from AE in the hope of keeping it really high quality before it is finally rendered out of FCP, but maybe I need to think of a better file format?
Any suggestions as to what would be a good file format to keep it as high as possible that FCP would play without me having to muck around with the bins etc?
I am assuming an uncompressed file format but don’t know what FCP likes.
Thanks
AndrewPS – In premiere pro you just import it as a single footage item by seleecting the first image and clicking a check-box!
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Hi Mark
Also, in case I have to stick with a TGA sequence, how do I go about setting up the folder for 1 frame playback on the timeline?Thanks again
Andrew… because it’s all about stories …
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In FCP settings/preferences you select frame duration for stills imported. Set it to 1 frame for the length.
Render out AE to the codec/size/framerate of your sequence in FCP.
10 bit uncompressed will work fine for FCP.Chris Tompkins
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[Chris Tompkins] “In FCP settings/preferences you select frame duration for stills imported. Set it to 1 frame for the length.”
you can easily do this in the browser or timeline as well. Make a new sequence, put only the TGAs in there, select all, right click, choose the duration as 1 frame.
10b UC is great, ProResHQ is smaller and excellent quality.
Jeremy
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you can easily do this in the browser or timeline as well. Make a new sequence, put only the TGAs in there, select all, right click, choose the duration as 1 frame.
Yes, this works well – good thinking!
Chris Tompkins
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See, you’re getting better advice than mine now, go with it… but just wanted to mention among all the codec choices in FCP is good old motion jpeg, which looks awesome if you crank up the quality settings. And a lot of suppliers of HD stock footage provide it in that format already. Why, I dont know, but it works.
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After you have made this 1 frame sequence, you can then drag it in to your master timeline and the TGA seq than becomes 1 nested clip. Nesting is sort of a no no in FCP, but for this purpose, it’s good.
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