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Still Image Woes – Part Deux
Hey again guys…
I started a new thread on my same old problem because it’s a new day and the previous thread was getting sooo long.
I really appreciate all the attention that’s been given trying to solve this issue… sincerely. Thanks so much.
To quickly restate the problem, some still images (targas and bitmaps) will ONLY import into Premiere Pro2 as a sequence. Even though they are NOT part of sequential files, and even though I didn’t instruct Premiere to do it that way. Ergo the files come in as 1 frame, which connot be changed or lengthened in any way.
As you can see, Premiere is identifying this tga file as a sequence, even though it is a single stand-alone file:
Vince suggested going into XP preferences and making sure that Photoshop is the default viewer for the tga and bmp files. It is, and changing that doesn’t help.
Blast1 suggested recreating the Plug-ins folder cache by starting Premiere while pressing control+shift. I haven’t tried this yet, because I don’t want to screw things up… I’m not sure which plug-ins folder to choose when prompted on start-up. There is the main Plug-ins folder, but then bunches of other nested inside it. Anyone (Blast1, Vince, anyone else?) know which I should select?
The prompt window looks like this…
I’m ’bout at my wit’s end here. If anyone has any suggestions or any NEW ideas I’m sure willing to try.
Thanks All,
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When I import a .tga file, Premiere’s Property window shows the Type as Truevision Targa File. It was created in PS. Windows Properties sees it as just a .tga file.
Your file shows as AJA Targa sequence. I suspect AJA has overwritten how Premiere handles Targa files. These 3rd party cards often rewrite Premiere’s program enabling their features and often disabling Premiere’s native features…project settings be damned. -
That’s what I’m thinking happened too, though I have a Xena HS, and nothing of the sort ever happened.
I think the next step would be doing a repair on PP2 and hope it overwrites those settings.I would shoot an email to the AJA guys as well to see if that issue ever came up.
Vince
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Thanks guys….
I guess I’ll have to hit up the techies at Aja.
I posted a similar question over on the Aja COW board, but no responses. Then again no one has posted ANYTHING in there for more than a week… apparently there is not much traffic over there.
So, still no solution yet… but I still really appreciate all the efforts.
Todd
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I see two AJA folders…was there another card installed and did you completely uninstall the drivers before you installed another one?
I’m not sure I completely understand the issue…are there multiple TIFs loading as one document?
…I’ll check the thread below.
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
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OK…read both threads…and answered you on the AJA forum (sorry…I’m the only host over there and I simply missed your post in between two other active threads…)
My take is that something is just simply busted and it’s time for a reinstall. The responses you’ve received as far as troubleshooting the problem have been really excellent, but I think at this point…it’s time to cut bait.
I would uninstall the AJA drivers…then uninstall PPro…then reinstall PPro and see if TIFs and BMPs load properly…then install the AJA drivers and see if they load properly again. If all is good, then it was just a glitch…if not, there’s more troubleshooting to do.
I know it’s a pain in the neck, but this sort of thing does happen…
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
http://www.classondemand.net
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