Importing tiff files for movie sequence

1luckydog wrote on 7/26/2008, 6:38 PM
This is more of a procedural question. I imported into Vegas Platinum 90 tiff frames which added up to 3 sec (29.97 frames per second) of which I want to convert to a avi or mov movie file. Once in Vargas it turned into a 7+ minute track with 13,058 frames. It was sluggish as heck. I only want the same 3 sec tiff file sequence to equal a 3 sec movie. How do I make the frame count in Vargas to equal the frame count ( and length) of the tiff frames?

Thanks in advanced.

DD

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Chienworks wrote on 7/26/2008, 10:10 PM
First, check the File / Open dialog box. Is there a checkbox in the bottom left corner for "open still image sequence"? If so, select the first image and then check this box. This will import the entire series of images as a single video clip. You'll be given the option to select the frame rate you want.

I don't know if this option is available in the Studio version though. So, if it isn't, you can go into options / preferences / editing and select a new still image length that matches the frame rate you want to use. for 29.97fps use 0.033 seconds. After setting that then when you add the images they'll all be one frame long.
1luckydog wrote on 7/27/2008, 11:05 PM
Excellent. I did get the option for "open still image sequence", selected the frame rate, imported the tiff file that was 3 seconds. I then rendered as a 3 sec avi. I used the custom timecode option for SMPTE Drop (29,97fps). All is well.

I needed this option so that I can save my Vue6 animations as tiff files instead of a movie. Some of the renders can take hours and if they fail then that's time wasted. With the tiff files I can just redo the frames that failed, not the whole movie render.

Next I'll play around to get an alpha channel saved. I have choices of none, undefined, straight, premultiplied, and premultiplied dirty. I tried straight but didn't get an alpha channel saved. Also I'll look more into Compositing and Mask. Time to call it quits for now.

Also under the custom timecode I don't see a 24f option only 29.97 and 25f.
Chienworks wrote on 7/28/2008, 4:21 AM
In just about every dialog box (except custom MPEG) you can usually type in whatever value you want. If you want 37.419 frames per second, go ahead and type it.