Exporting to bmp, png or jpeg???

nataq wrote on 3/6/2006, 8:36 AM

Hi all,
I have done HDV bluebox with a person. I have alpha keyed the background, introduced a new background color and made the person itself completely white.

Now I want to draw an outline around this moving white figure. I thought I am going to do this in photoshop.

My idea was to just export all the single pictures of the movie as a bmp-file and then automate the outline in photoshop.

But: do I need to press the "save snapshot to file" button for every single picture, or is there a better way to export all the pictures at once?
If there is no export function - how can I customize a shortkey for the "save snapshot". It is not an available command in the preferences - keyboard settings.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Spot|DSE wrote on 3/6/2006, 8:39 AM

There are several scripts that can offer this function, but not as a bmp, only as png or jpeg (I'd use png)

nataq wrote on 3/6/2006, 11:57 AM

Wow, thanks - that saved us an amazing lot of time!!!

flippin wrote on 3/7/2006, 4:22 PM

Would you mind expanding on exactly what steps you took to get a white sillouette of a person, how you used the script that DSE steered you to, and how you automated an outline of the sillouette in Photoshop?

It sounds like a very interesting technique and I'd like to try it if it can be done using the tools available within Vegas 5 and Photoshop.

Best regards,

Lee

dibbkd wrote on 3/7/2006, 6:06 PM

There are several scripts that can offer this function, but not as a bmp, only as png or jpeg (I'd use png)

OK - I downloaded this ExportImagesForRangePNG_5.js file, but not sure what to do with it now.

Do I open this in Vegas, or from Windows Explorer?

Spot|DSE wrote on 3/7/2006, 6:16 PM

Open in Vegas, from your scripts folder. Tools/Scripting.

dibbkd wrote on 3/7/2006, 6:22 PM

I keep getting the message:

"Error: directory does not exist"

I copied that script to the C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 6.0\Script Menu folder, then clicked Tools / Scripting / Run Script.

rs170a wrote on 3/7/2006, 6:23 PM

I downloaded this ExportImagesForRangePNG_5.js ...

It opens in Vegas like a normal script but before you do it, read this explanation:

This script will export images for each frame within the time selection. It is useful for exporting a large range of frames for editing in photoshop, etc. The file type is PNG. The user should edit the file to change the path on line 22. Also, there are three groups of two lines that need to be uncommented if you want the images to be deinterlaced. This uses the SaveSnapshot function, which isn't fast.

Mike

dibbkd wrote on 3/7/2006, 6:32 PM

The user should edit the file to change the path on line 22.

Ah, that did it. Thanks rs170a for the extra tip and DSE for the script!

This is the first script I have used, I'm learning something new about Vegas almost every day.