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automation to convert stills to movies (NOT image sequences)
I need to convert a large number of individual images to movies. These are NOT image sequences.
For example: I need to convert an individual TIFF file into a 2 second DV quicktime movie. Then I’ll receive another TIFF file, which needs to become another 2 sec QT movie. Ultimately, I’ll receive batches of hundreds of such images and I need to be able to convert each TIFF image to be a separate 2 sec QT movie.
I can manually do this by importing the TIFF into AE, placing it into a 2 second comp and exporting.
Is there a way to automate this process to handle thousands of individual conversions? Or is there a better tool someone can suggest to do this efficiently?
Thanks.
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3 Replies
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I’d use an editing application for this where you can specify the length of the clip on import and then do a batch export
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Hi Dave,
Malcolm’s answer is brilliant, I think. I’ll experiment with it today.
To answer your question, I’m cutting an animated feature and the first phase is to edit what’s called a ‘storyboard movie’ (basically thousands of drawings provided to me as TIFF scans). I used to simply import the TIFFs directly as stills into FCP, but FCP rapidly bogs down when you get to thousands of stills in a sequence. So I had the idea to convert the stills to quicktime media before I import. For the low-res period of the project, DV seems like the way to go because I get the best system performance.
So, for Malcolm’s workflow, I’ll set the stills duration at 2 seconds, import a batch of stills, then export the resulting movies and poof, I should have 2 second media for each panel, which I’ll re-import and be good to go… one hopes.
Tom
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That would be good if the final stage was this stringout of stills, but this is only the beginning; my job really begins with editing those stills to create a reference movie for animation. So, I need each panel as a discreet piece of media. I think Malcolm’s solution still comes out ahead.
But thanks for the ideas; I might find a way to put your workflow to work elsewhere.
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