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Can I render a TIFF sequence without thumbnails?
When I render TIFF sequences from After Effects (CS3 on OSX), they automatically include thumbnail information in the resource fork. As a result, turning off “icon preview” in the Finder for these files has no effect – it always reads the thumbnail icon. When dealing with large sequences (5000+ frames) over a network share, this impacts the Finder severely.
I have been able to remove the thumbnails using the CocoThumbX utility — after this, the Finder “show icon preview” setting works normally (can turn it on or off), but I’d hate for all my animators to have to do this after every render.
So, I guess my question is twofold:
A) Can AE be configured to NOT generate these thumbnails in the first place?
B) Can the Finder be configured to ignore the thumbnail icon info, even when it IS there?
Thanks in advance for any tips…
–Rob
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[Rob LaRose] “When dealing with large sequences (5000+ frames) over a network share, this impacts the Finder severely… Can the Finder be configured to ignore the thumbnail icon info, even when it IS there?”
MacPilot might be able to do this – it has an option to disable custom icons on network volumes. There’s a trial so you could see if it will help with your setup.
Walter Soyka, Principal
Keen Live, Inc.
Presentation, Motion Graphics & Widescreen Design
RenderBreak: A Blog on Innovation in Production
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