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exporting still images from FCP
Hello. I’m working on trying to create a “Mosaic” animation – one that uses perhaps 1,000 still images that float into the frame – and in about a 7-second window – they form to create a company logo I’m doing the video for.
My problem is – I don’t have 1,000 still images from my client – so I would like to take those stills from video I’ve shot. But – I don’t have time to export 1000 stills using the standard still image export option.
Anyone have an idea for how I could export a bunch of images from FCP from video footage?
Thanks in advance,
Best,
Donny -
4 Replies
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there’s a few ways, here’s one”
export your current edit
(is your show rendered? then export a reference movie, it;s faster, and ok for what you need to do)bring it back in,
and cut it into a timeline, but instead of a normal edit, use FIT TO FILL.mark in & outs around the usable content of the show in the viewer,
in a new timeline, ad an in point at the beginning,
right click on the duration field of teh canvas and set it to frames,
and type 1000 into the duration,then do a fit-to fill edit,
so you get a fairly even representation of your show in 1000 frames,then export the timeline as an image sequence.
(export using quicktime conversion)nick
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Hi Nick,
Thanks for sharing this technique – it all works great – and I LOVE how you’re getting a “great sampling” of all the footage of the piece – my problem is – I’m doing all the steps – and then at the end – when I try to export an image sequence it says “general error”. I can export other timelines and .mov’s as image sequences – but for some reason FCP (7) doesn’t want to let me export this particular sequence (or .mov – I tried exporting the sequence as an .mov – and brought that back into FCP – to no avail.) so it says “General Error.”
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hi Donny.
hard to say what’s going on, it works for me.generally when i get that in FCP, it’s a RAM issue, and i close all other sequences,
and often have to re-start FCP, sometimes the computer.another possible problem could be if your footage is non i-frame:
what format is your footage?
when you made thew new sequence, does it match? (the fit to fill edit wont give you a prompt to match sequence to footage)nick
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Got it – I got it to work after shutting down FCP and my computer.
works well! Thanks again!Donny
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