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andybiz_2004
08-23-2004, 10:55 AM
Hello All,

I have a problem importing all my still Targa pictures into Adobe Premiere 6.0, which were originally rendered in Maya 5.01 using the Software Renderer.

I tried importing a few of these Targa still renders into Adobe Premiere 6.0. What I did is I opened Premiere, then I went to File=>Import=>File. I selected the first rendered frame (30), chose "All Formats" as the file of type & checked "Numbered Stills". My understanding is that Premiere should then automatically import all the other rendered stills together with frame 30, but I could only import 1 rendered frame @ a time. Since I have to import a total of 4400 frames, is there a faster way to import them into Premiere? Or else it'll be extremely tedious. I rendered the stills successfuly in Maya because I could play the animation from frame 30 - frame 4400 using Fcheck.

OK, hope some1 can help me with this import problem. Thanks again in advance.

Andrew
Ckerr812
08-23-2004, 11:48 AM
What is the naming of the files?

You have to have

(FileName)1234.tga
(FileName)1235.tga

If it is named any differently from that premiere won't know what to do.
andybiz_2004
08-23-2004, 04:13 PM
OK, here is the exact name of the still pictures that are saved in my Images folder under Maya's Default folder : Test Type A_5.0.tga.0000030 right until the last frame, which is :

Test Type A_5.0.tga.0004400

I'll try to import again into Premiere. But if it still doesn't should I rename all my pictures to the way u reconmended? There are a lot of still pictures (from frame 30-frame 4400). Do I have to manually rename ALL of them 1 by 1 in Window's Explorer? Or can I open these series of stills (as animation) in Fcheck & use Fcheck to save the animation with your reconmended filename? Much thanks to you in advance.

Andrew
Shayder
08-23-2004, 05:35 PM
There is a plugin that renames files in Maya, at least I think its a plugin....mm can't remember, try highend3d to see if they have it.
malamin
08-23-2004, 05:57 PM
You named the frames with the number at the end of the name as opposed to the file extension. I would run the animation through fcheck and rename the files "Filename.0000.tga.
andybiz_2004
08-24-2004, 01:55 AM
Well, thank you all for giving me suggestions on my Targa files. I'll try them out & see if they work. Need some time to work it out to get the solution. Will update u all when the results come out. Thanks again. Really appreciate it :)
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