Image sequences

A. Grandt wrote on 8/14/2010, 1:26 AM
Hi

Are there any interest in having scripts for importing and exporting image sequences in a package format? (basically I'm thinking about a zip file with some meta data)

The beauty and potential of such a sequence is; 1, it's easier to move around than 1000 separate images, 2, the meta data can keep track of frame rate, among other things. And PNG images have an alpha channel. I'm speculating it being wonderful for animated logos and watermarks, and pre chroma keyed sequences.

If there are interest, what kind of information would you expect such a "file format" to contain, apart from the images and frame rate?
What import/export parameters would be useful, needed to make it worth while?

FYI, I'm thinking of reusing the concept from the ePub e-book format, an open specification that I'm pretty familiar with developing for. It's simple form pretty much have what is needed; Meta data, and a file order list.

Best Regards
A.Grandt

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/14/2010, 5:57 AM
> I'm speculating it being wonderful for animated logos and watermarks, and pre chroma keyed sequences.

Vegas can already import an image sequence as a single media clip and you can save it as a Quicktime PNG sequence or Animation which is a single MOV file with frame-rate, an alpha channel, etc. (which is what I do for all my logos, bugs, and watermarks)

How is this better? (or were you unaware that Quicktime could save PNG, TGA, TIFF, and J-PEG sequences as a single file already?)

~jr

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robwood wrote on 8/14/2010, 7:24 AM
how about a way to import multiple folders of image-sequences? having to open each one-at-a-time gets tedious real quick when there's a few hundred folders per project.
A. Grandt wrote on 8/14/2010, 9:53 AM
JohnnyRoy, I was unaware that QT had this ability. Thanks for pointing it out.