Return-Path: Received: from gateway03.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.34.22] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4730816 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 31 May 2012 21:41:51 +0200 Received: by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 05A7E78711F10; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ham03.websitewelcome.com (ham.websitewelcome.com [173.192.100.229]) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC06478711ECD for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 666) id E94D91EF0AE35; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on ham03.websitewelcome.com X-Spam-Flag2999: NO X-Spam-Level2999: X-Spam-Status2999: "No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by ham03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626D41EF0AD51 for ; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:12 -0500 (CDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=crishdesign.com; h=Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id:X-Mailer:X-BWhitelist:X-Source:X-Source-Args:X-Source-Dir:X-Source-Sender:X-Source-Auth:X-Email-Count:X-Source-Cap; b=paidm6x5OJngQZoxL6Th1abGnbLEJ/CiFR6sOuL3wGtG9CBcMxv+nxhekyaIAgynsbVhhL0sYwLTL1Ys49c9m3BTpCStGmiI+qwmUTcN7TIXIncvqC3mSZh0n13TOl45; Received: from [199.21.106.95] (port=54479 helo=[192.168.0.7]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SaAn5-00028D-VU for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 31 May 2012 14:12:12 -0500 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_A27B5980-C76C-482A-B2BD-13CCB3D5DE8E" Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Working with still sequences Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:12:11 -0600 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.7]) [199.21.106.95]:54479 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_A27B5980-C76C-482A-B2BD-13CCB3D5DE8E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I don't know if that's still the case, but the Mac's file system used to = really bog down when too many files were in one folder. A very long = still image sequence was one such case. Short of re-exporting as a movie = (which is what I would do), you could try breaking the sequence up into = individual folders, and then append the shorter sequences together. = Don't know if that would fix it, but that's what I would try, FWIW. good luck - Chris On May 31, 2012, at 12:18 PM, adam mercado wrote: > I have a 14 minute sequence exported as a TIFF sequence. Trying to = compile this with the mastered audio and working with the still sequence = is very very slow. Importing into QuickTime, FinalCut or Premier causes = hugely excessive lag times as the program processes every frame. >=20 > Is there a way to optimise this process short of exporting a flattened = QuickTime movie and deleting the TIFF framed afterwards, which would = seem a little redundant after all. >=20 > Adam Mercado > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA >=20 > Moving Images. For Business > 714=B0928=B09896 > http://www.influxx.com > http://www.twitter.com/influxx > http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx > http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive > http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_A27B5980-C76C-482A-B2BD-13CCB3D5DE8E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 I = don't know if that's still the case, but the Mac's file system used to = really bog down when too many files were in one folder. A very long = still image sequence was one such case. Short of re-exporting as a movie = (which is what I would do), you could try breaking the sequence up into = individual folders, and then append the shorter sequences together. = Don't know if that would fix it, but that's what I would try, = FWIW.

good luck = -
Chris


On May 31, = 2012, at 12:18 PM, adam mercado wrote:

I have a 14 minute sequence exported as a TIFF sequence. Trying to = compile this with the mastered audio and working with the still sequence = is very very slow. Importing into QuickTime, FinalCut or Premier causes = hugely excessive lag times as the program processes every = frame.

Is there a way to optimise this process short = of exporting a flattened QuickTime movie and deleting the TIFF framed = afterwards, which would seem a little redundant after all.

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Adam = Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton, = CA

Moving = Images. For Business
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