CGTalk - Image File Prob

Dazza

12-16-2002, 09:36 PM

Hi,
Im trying to do some rotoscopeing work,and i have followed the Character Rigging& anim book and qt movei,but when i open an image file(nt2000) a jpeg and i check the extension field below and enter = frame, the guys image moves, but mine does not.My frame field does count up the frames,but i get no update just the same single frame?
Whats up doc?

svenip

12-17-2002, 07:31 AM

at first, your image sequence must be image_seq.#
then let's say you have 5 images in seq, you need to keyframe the extension field with 1 at frame 1 and with 5 at frame 5.

now it should work

Dazza

12-17-2002, 07:30 PM

Thanks for the reply,i had allready tried the solution u gave to me with little luck,so i guessed it might be the file name as when irendered out in after fx it gave dragon_00001.jpeg,and did not work,so looking at the file given in the rigging cd it read xxxxxx.00001.jpeg so i changed mine and now im up and running.Just a footnote question to this, the lowest size jpegs would play faster than an iffs files?,are there any improvements that can be made in playback?,and can the casheing be used,so the file plays back in realtime ? I suppose useing the playblast would be quicker to view finished anims.
thanks for the reply
dazza

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