Export range of frames, as frames?

Shaz wrote on 1/1/2009, 3:26 PM
I'm wondering if there's a way to export a range of frames, as single frames or images. I know you can capture one still image at a time, and that would be fine, except that once you do it, you can't just advance to the next one and capture that, too... you have to click back onto the timeline and sometimes you end up way off from where you were and have to find the frame where you were before and advance from there. There's gotta be a better way to do that, and there probably is, but I'm not aware of it.

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richard-amirault wrote on 1/1/2009, 5:00 PM
I'd be interested in knowing a way to get back to the timeline in the *exact" same spot I left as well. I often take a series of stills to make an amimated gif. I don't use sequential frames, but space the captures out to about every 5 or 6 frames.

I've been fairly successful in expanding the timeline somewhat .. *and* being *very* careful when positioning the cursor and clicking the mouse when going back to the timeline. If you miss click you can often see the preview picture change. When that happens by using the left and right arrow keys you can move back and forth by single frames to return to the spot you left (assuming you can remember what it looked like)

I suppose if we expanded the timeline out so that we can see each and every frame that would work, but how do we know when we've expanded it that far?
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 1/1/2009, 11:18 PM
brighterside: before you save the still, hit 'M'. This will place a marker, so you can get there again, on the exact same spot. You can, of course, place as many markers as you can.
Chienworks wrote on 1/2/2009, 4:24 AM
You don't have to click *ON* the timeline to make the timeline active. You can click in the grey area below the timeline, right near where the frame and loop timecodes are displayed. This will make the timeline active again without moving the cursor.

You can Ctrl-click on the timeline to select an event without moving the cursor. This will also make the timeline active.

Watch the timecodes displayed in the ruler at the top of the timeline. Zoom in until you see one timecode for each frame. Then you know you've zoomed in far enough. This is probably unnecessary though if you use either of the clicking methods i mentioned above.

Also, remember that Alt-arrows move forward or backward in one frame increments.
jetdv wrote on 1/2/2009, 6:27 AM
How about ALT-0 (that's a zero)? That should change focus back to the timeline.

For a better (but not free) answer, upgrade to the PRO version and then you can simply to Tools - Scripting - Render Image Sequence.
FredK wrote on 1/2/2009, 3:12 PM
Also remember that under the preview window, there is the frame count. You can go back to an exact frame easily.

As mentioned before, you can advance the cursor frame by frame by pressing Alt and arrow left right keys.