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Batch import multiple image sequences (like movie clips)
Hi,
I’m into one low budget-experimental 4 minutes screening time project. We didn’t have money for HDCam to shoot in Full HD, and instead we’ve used … Nikon D300 Camera :). It can shoot with 6fps up to more or less 100 images. We used it like a camcorder – to capture short sequences, not for stop-motion animation. Now we ended up with almost 270 folders of JPEG sequences, one sequence in a folder. (In other words: if we have worked with camcorder, we would have 270 clips now.) We want them to be imported to Premiere CS3. But it looks like we have to do it one-by-one:
1) Chose “Import”,
2) locate the desired sequence,
3) chose first file in sequence,
4) check the “Numbered stills” option,
5) and hit “Import”. .. .And repeat this 270 times!
So I’m asking is there any way of batch importing multiple image sequences? And if it’s not – what can I do to avoid SO MUCH work? Maybe is there any software which can batch convert those sequences to uncompressed avi movie clips?
Thanks in advance, Micz
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 | Asus P5B Deluxe | 4GB RAM | GeForce7200 | Windows XP Pro SP3
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File>Import and then browse to the folder with the 270 subfolders and select it and then choose “Import Folder”
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Thanks very much – to be honest, I was doubtfull about this, but it actually works! So thanks a lot. There’s only one “but”: along with the sequences, I get all those files separetely – is there any way to avoid this?
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 | Asus P5B Deluxe | 4GB RAM | GeForce7200 | Windows XP Pro SP3
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Sorry, I’ve been wrong – this doesn’t work. When I import folder containing other folders with sequences, I only get 14000 images in my project. And no sequence :/ So – is there any other way to avoid importing 270 sequences one by one?
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 | Asus P5B Deluxe | 4GB RAM | GeForce7200 | Windows XP Pro SP3
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Just going through some old threads to try and solve my problem which is essentially the same as this one.
Did you ever solve this issue?
I’m trying to import many DPX sequences and can only do it one by one as you describe as well
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The only way I’ve been able to get around this problem is by importing my multiple image sequences into After Effects and then copying and pasting them into Premiere. I’m not sure, but I think this feature only became available in versions 5 and higher
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Sorry versions CS5 and higher.
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One thing to try would be use adobe bridge to re-name all your files. Try putting all the files into one folder and do a batch re-name (under tools)
You could then load it into premiere as one sequence.
I’ve never actually tried this, but if I were to do it, this would be they way I’d go about it.
Cheers
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