Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4730838 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 31 May 2012 21:47:30 +0200 Received: from IMAC-ELLIOT.local (pD955A476.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.164.118]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MRybG-1SSzIW3H58-00SdFF; Thu, 31 May 2012 21:49:48 +0200 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:49:42 +0200 Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Working with still sequences From: Elliot Steele To: After List Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] [OT] Working with still sequences Thread-Index: Ac0/ZoVY1HJPzdUPRkSJMrtDyG5mVg== In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3421345788_1388838" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:eM6/kw0xB1DaECg1ltotRAqPigNyGYZwP4A/QnKYPDc 6BPOa/1dwFUe/y6JM2wwVOUTPPo0tLhZUhPrr2elKV7CYLYsH+ +iN89eq9uKqhp0gonBEaYMxMhEIxHPadfTrw2nxaklLffAOmXe X18atuaR99Lg3H630jhbFwm2Y1oQh3rdPalPxoCIAGmwY0qKvG 19jtDFHb+vicrr02HyPwqGhEdw4x+4akQeZN5p7WbhzAL0grFk 8J6fZmAx08B+j4JW/UoaITX0/K/KVdX0IxmOP9CwCagvf9KR9u B8Q0WWoYbXPCsIrw2fAXk11YoTYILJtAe4H5Io23xS4gMdyQLF 4BHkX58uLQb0kEP2tNfE= > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3421345788_1388838 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable This is the reason for sure. OSX is terrible at this! Even previewing a folder in the finder can take an age. You may also run into issues with numbered sequences that go over 9999 frames. When I import anything over 10000 frames AE seems to mix up the frames badly so I automatically split the footage into folders. Elliot Steele Am 31/05/2012 21:12 schrieb "Chris Meyer" unter : > 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 th= at > would fix it, but that's what I would try, FWIW. >=20 > good luck - > Chris >=20 >=20 > On May 31, 2012, at 12:18 PM, adam mercado wrote: >=20 >> I have a 14 minute sequence exported as a TIFF sequence. Trying to compi= le >> this with the mastered audio and working with the still sequence is very= very >> slow. Importing into QuickTime, FinalCut or Premier causes hugely excess= ive >> 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 see= m a >> little redundant after all. >>=20 >> =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 >>=20 >=20 >=20 --B_3421345788_1388838 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [AE] [OT] Working with still sequences This is the reason for sure. OSX is terrible at this! Even previewing a fo= lder in the finder can take an age.

You may also run into issues with numbered sequences that go over 9999 fram= es. When I import anything over 10000 frames AE seems to mix up the frames b= adly so I automatically split the footage into folders.

Elliot Steele




Am 31/05/2012 21:12 schrieb "Chris Meyer" unter <chris@crishdesign.com>:

<= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:11pt'>I don't know if that's still the case, but the M= ac's file system used to really bog down when too many files were in one fol= der. A very long still image sequence was one such case. Short of re-exporti= ng as a movie (which is what I would do), you could try breaking the sequenc= e 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:

<= SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:11pt'>I have a 14 minute sequence exported as a TIFF s= equence. Trying to compile this with the mastered audio and working with the= still sequence is very very slow. Importing into QuickTime, FinalCut or Pre= mier causes hugely excessive lag times as the program processes every frame.=

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

 
Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton, CA

Moving Images. For Business
714°928°9896
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/inf= luxx
http://influxx.tumblr.com/archi= ve
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