Iff importer for After Effects 5.5

[Maya Ayanami]

is it absolutely crucial to use iff file types.

are you just imorting your images to but all together in an animation or something.

[Daniel Beaudry]

I rendered a iff sequence, then I tried to open in after effects. Does not work at all. I tried to convert these files in acdsee and I can't convert them to a different format. What converter can I use to change my sequence's format?

Thanks!

[Bpanting]

Why not just render it again as a .tif or .tga file?

[lricho]

You could use Fcheck to resave them

[beaker]

AE 5.5 reads iff nativly. Maybe you didn't install all the optional installs.

[lowkey]

yeah, but be aware that zDepth won't be available in afterEffects when using .iff!

if you don't need it fine, but if you do i'd recommend re-rendering .rla!

[Maya Ayanami]

I agree with lricho and the MayaGuy. just open them up in Fcheck then save as in .tif or .tga or if your lazy just click render and sit back for a while. its up to you ofcourse
:shrug:

[Doogie]

Maya comes with a command line image file converter called imgcvt

Start > Run. Type cmd. Click OK. At the console type imgcvt -h for the helpfile.

I can't stand trying to convert long animations with fcheck... I usually don't have enough ram.

-Paul

[lowkey]

this only applies for linux! the appropriate shell-command for windows would be:

imconvert -h

:)

[Doogie]

hah, both seem to work for me(WinXP console)... imconvert seems to be more abundant in features with filters and stuff. Ill have to check it out myself.

-Paul

[perpen]

Also my AFX 5.5 can read .iff files from the native Maya renderer but not .iff from the mental ray renderer...(maya 5.0)

[Daniel Beaudry]

That is true perpen, it's a mental ray render so it can not open in AE 5.5. Am going to trie imconvert -h. This thread has been very helpfull thanks guys! :bounce:

[CIM]

A/w sure did a half-assed job on the MR connection in Maya 5. :rolleyes:

[sebast1an2]

is there any solution for this MR problem? i've rendered a long image seqence in mental ray and can't import that..what is the problem with the meantal ray batch renderer? if i save the iff form the normal rendering view i can import it into after affects....

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