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TARGA Sequence Issues with Avid
Okay, this just recently started happening…
I render out TARGA sequences from After Effects… seemingly successfully..
I try to import them into the Avid… it only recognizes the first few frames.
No errors – at least none that the machine is telling me. It just seems to think that there are only 2 or 3 frames in the sequence.The files are numbered fine, everything seems to be in order…. help!
This happens when i try to open the sequence in QuickTime too… so I’m assuming it’s somewhere on the AE end or maybe a OS thing? I have no idea.
It doesn’t happen ALL the time but it does more times than not..
I know i can just use QuickTimes, however, the client wants TARGA sequences for the final delivery and i’d rather not just sent them out with my fingers crossed!
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What happens when you reimport the sequence into AE?
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When i reimport into AE it seems to work fine, which is one of the reasons why i’m so confused…
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I’d say the sequence is fine, if you can re-import it and see it all in AE.
QT might be choking on it if it’s too big to play smoothly from your chosen disk. Have you tried posting in an Avid forum?
Anybody else?
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Hm.. Haven’t tried posting in an Avid forum.
In QT it’s really just opening the couple frames.
Not choking on it in playback.
And the sequence is not that intense so it should be able to handle it.I delivered a few of them last week and haven’t heard anything negative back from the client, so I’m hoping it’s doing ok on their system!
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[Brett McMillin] “I delivered a few of them last week and haven’t heard anything negative back from the client…”
You might want to call them. Sometimes people don’t open these things until the last minute.
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is there any footage in your composition in AE?
I am constantly bringing stuff to and from Avid and AE. I have found that sometimes Avid spits out a corrupted file, but it still works and edits fine in AE. The only time I realize it is when I try rendering out a targa sequence and AE chokes on it. I know it’s not the same symptoms, but I’d try re-exporting your footage from Avid and replacing it in your AE timeline and try rendering then. If you don’t have footage in your AE timeline I got nothing for ya except to try and look at those “messed up” targa sequences on another computer and see what happens.
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