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Chappo

01-06-2003, 02:56 PM

I'm a bit of a noob in After Effects and i'm sure the following question is easily answered :)

First of all, let's say i have 200 seperate jpg files (a rendering of some sort of animation).

Now what i want is to import those 200 jpgs, put them all after one-another and then render out a movie out of it...

I make a new composition stating the size - duration etc. and then i import all 200 jpgs to the project.

How can i lay them all out on the timeline 1jpg=1frame ???

Thank you in advance

wookiee

01-06-2003, 03:04 PM

Not sure if it works with jpgs but when importing a targa sequence if you click on one of the images you will then have an option to bring in a sequence (should be at the bottom of the page on the left) tick the box and the images will import as a sequence. Drop that into your timeline and Bob's your uncle. Hope this helps.

arvid

01-06-2003, 05:45 PM

Providing they're numbered like file001 file002 etc you can just select any file in the sequence and check the sequence checkbox, and it will create a clip in your bin, now just drag the clip to the new comp button in the bin (project window) to create a comp with the correct resolution and duration, now it's just a matter of 'make movie' :)

on a sidenote, I recommend you rendering to something uncompressed or lossless, JPG is destructive. Use TGA with rla compression (its liks zipping it, it wont lose any quality) or any other similar format.

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