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mental

05-08-2003, 02:27 AM

heya folks,

i've noticed that moving a numbered image sequence from windows to a mac funkifies the names and ruins the numbering.

so... is there a certain naming convention or workflow for getting a numbered image sequence from windows to a mac?

[edit] this is the naming convention that i'm currently using:

windows: name.###.ext
mac converts this to: na.~##.ext

it cuts off the name and arbitrarily renumbers the sequence.

thanks in advance!
-mental :surprised

Chris

05-08-2003, 02:36 AM

try keeping the name + numbering to 8 characters or less eg file0001.tga, file0002.tga etc. I take it the Mac is not on osX? I've been able to send over files with long filenames so problem at all since our mac upgraded to OSX

mental

05-08-2003, 03:14 AM

yup, you're right. all i had to do was rename them with a shorter name and they transferred over smoothly. (i'm using a mac here with OS 8.x on it.)

thank you for your help chris.

-mental :surprised

ØdB

05-09-2003, 04:14 PM

On mac u can't exceed 32 char. (extension included).

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