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  • Replacing Missing File Problem

    Posted by Nailuj Cequeña on August 12, 2015 at 7:44 am

    I got this weird problem when replacing a missing file in my project panel. When I right click on the missing file (ex. Image1.jpg) and go to Replace Footage > File and browse for that file on my computer, instead of replacing with the exact file (image1.jpg) it becomes a sequence image (see pic). I have images on the same directory of the main file. I think that’s the culprit, but I don’t want to move it to other directory.

    How can I avoid this sequencing images? Thanks experts!!

    Michael Szalapski replied 10 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • John Cuevas

    August 12, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Well, you could move the other pics out of the folder, replace the file, then move the pics back into the folder.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    ThinkCK

    “I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
    —THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

  • Michael Szalapski

    August 18, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    You can uncheck the JPG sequence option when you’re picking the new file.

    – The Great Szalam
    (The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

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  • Tom Kennedy

    December 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    I just signed up to say – thanks very much for that, something so small I was completely missing.

  • Michael Szalapski

    December 15, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    Things like that are so simple once you know them, but so frustrating if you don’t. 🙂

    – The Great Szalam
    (The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

    No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.

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