Importing individual frames from a image sequence

I am using RESOLVE 15 public beta 2. I am not able to import single still frame from the media browser. The Earlier versions had a option called 'show individual frames' but in resolve 15 it is removed. I kindly request the option to be made into the next version.

In order to import still frames from a image sequence. i have manually place the entire sequence onto the edit timeline and scrub through the edit timeline to find that particular frame and make a cut and make my edits/ color work which is pain taking process. I wish to scrub through my individual frames from the sequence in my media browser for a fast editing workflow. I humbly request the BlackMagic design to put the option back into the next versions. Thanks

[Peter Chamberlain]

i dont see this issue.. please review
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[Peter Chamberlain]

Also, please dont double or triple post.. i will delete dups

Computer Specs : Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Resolve Version : v 15.0.0B.043
CPU : Intel i7 2600K 3.40Ghz RAM :32GB GPU : NVIDIA quadro

Storage type : External HDD , SEAGATE 1TB portable, NTFS type

[Dwaine Maggart]

Show Individual Frames is in the same place it was in 14:

On the Media page, the 3 dot menu in the Media Storage area, next to the Viewer.

Unless I'm doing something wrong "show individual frames" is not under the ... menu.

[Dwaine Maggart]

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Ahhhhh, you have to be on the Media tab.

It would be nice if they allowed that on the edit tab. Since that's where I'm doing most of my work right now.

I clicked show individual frames. It's still showing them as a sequence.

[Dwaine Maggart]

In the Media Storage area?

Yes. They were still linked as sequences. nothing changed.

[Dwaine Maggart]

What type of files?

JPG

[Dwaine Maggart]

Can you provide a screen shot of the Media Storage area showing the jpg files as a clip?

I've got the same problem. Using studio 15, as well as the free public beta, one on win 7 and one on win 8. Is this 'resolved'? If so, I'd love to know how! I import numbered sequences of stills a lot, and having to import each one separately is a PIA
Hm. Seems to work if I drag the files from the top window to the bottom one, but not otherwise. At least it kind of works sometimes!

[Dwaine Maggart]

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Guys, I'm really sorry to be so thick about this, but I really can 't get this to work. I'm following your instructions (and reading the manual) and turning on that option still has no effect. See partial screenshot below. And, yes, I'm on the Media tab. I've tried setting the option before and after importing the images, with no effect: image sequences are displayed as a clip. I'm on v15.2.4.006. What am I missing?

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Guys, I'm really sorry to be so thick about this, but I really can 't get this to work. I'm following your instructions (and reading the manual) and turning on that option still has no effect. See partial screenshot below. And, yes, I'm on the Media tab. I've tried setting the option before and after importing the images, with no effect: image sequences are displayed as a clip. I'm on v15.2.4.006. What am I missing?

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Try selecting the folder with the image sequence in the upper left corner File Manager window. You should then be able to see the image sequence in the window just to the right. If you have 'Show Individual Frames" checked it should look like my second attached image, if not it should look similar to the first image, you should see the sequence as 1 clip.

Thanks, Eric. Success! I selected the folder in the upper left window (the media storage browser), then drilled down to the folder I wanted to import from. I selected all the files and dragged them into the media pool. This time it worked and the JPGs appear as "Still"s rather than "Clip"s. Ta Daaah!

I will have to remember in future that right-clicking and selecting "Import media..." from the Media Pool window will always import image files as clips.

You've saved me hours of project delays and hair-pulling!

Cheers,
...Doug

Thanks, Eric. Success! I selected the folder in the upper left window (the media storage browser), then drilled down to the folder I wanted to import from. I selected all the files and dragged them into the media pool. This time it worked and the JPGs appear as "Still"s rather than "Clip"s. Ta Daaah!

I will have to remember in future that right-clicking and selecting "Import media..." from the Media Pool window will always import image files as clips.

You've saved me hours of project delays and hair-pulling!

Cheers,
...Doug

You're welcome, glad I could help.

I am using Resolve 15.3.1 and I am encountering this same problem, any folder of sequentially numbered stills is importing as an image sequence. I have looked in the Media tab, there is no "show individual frames" option in the dropdown window, I have tried amending a non numerical suffix to all the stills and it makes no difference, they still come in as a single image sequence file.

I can see the "show individual frames" option in the Media Storage window (i.e. when I am looking at the photos in their folder on the hard drive, but when I select 'Add Folders and Sub Folders to Media Pool and create Bins' the previously individual frames then import as an image sequence.

How do I import the individual frames into the Media Pool and retain their individuality?

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Hi Dwaine, in your attached screen grabs, both of those images show the files in their pre-imported status, i.e. in the Media Storage, but not in the Media Pool. What happens when you add those individual frames into a bin in the Media Pool? In my case, they return to Image Sequence format.

Can you post a screen grab showing that you are able to import a folder of individual frames into the Media Pool, by right-clicking 'Add Folders and Sub Folders to Media Pool and create Bins' which is how most people would want to import folders full of sub folders full of still images for an edit that is 'stills heavy'.

I have found a tedious workaround which requires having to select all individual frames and drag and drop over to the bin in the Media Pool, but this is very inconvenient for a job that has dozens of folders of still images.

Thanks.

[Dwaine Maggart]

That's correct. If you have Show Individual Frames active, and you want to add them all to a Bin in the Media Pool, you have to select them all and drag them to the Bin. Or select them all and right click the group and select Add into Media Pool.

That's correct. If you have Show Individual Frames active, and you want to add them all to a Bin in the Media Pool, you have to select them all and drag them to the Bin. Or select them all and right click the group and select Add into Media Pool.

Hi Dwaine, with all due respect, that just seems like an unintelligible way to deal with still images from digital cameras which are always numbered sequentially. It's an arduous task to do all those 'select all' and 'drag & drop' actions, for folder after folder.

Wouldn't it be better to make the default setting 'individual frames' and for the odd person who wants to import image sequences, make a drop down option that says 'Import files as Image Sequence'? I mean I'd say that there are more people that have been using still images as 'individual frames' in film edits than those who've been importing image sequences, and for a lot longer?

I think, at the least, there should be an option to change the default behaviour. I use the setting both ways - but predominantly import single frames - and tend to always get caught out when I drag and drop from explorer.

Hi Dwaine, with all due respect, that just seems like an unintelligible way to deal with still images from digital cameras which are always numbered sequentially. It's an arduous task to do all those 'select all' and 'drag & drop' actions, for folder after folder.

I am having a hard time imagining a scenario where someone is working on a project and has a large number of folders with still images that they want to condense into one place in the media pool. Try this: organize all of the folders under a common parent folder on the filesystem. On the media page, make sure Show Individual Frames is checked. Find the parent folder in the browser, right-click on it and select Add Folder and SubFolders into Media Pool (Create Bins).

Wouldn't it be better to make the default setting 'individual frames' and for the odd person who wants to import image sequences, make a drop down option that says 'Import files as Image Sequence'? I mean I'd say that there are more people that have been using still images as 'individual frames' in film edits than those who've been importing image sequences, and for a lot longer?

Sequences of images are the traditional format used in much VFX work (compositing) and are produced natively by film scanners and I believe by BMD's cameras that shoot in CinemaDNG RAW? Resolve is first and foremost a tool for *MOTION* image work, so image sequences are a sensible default. That said, I would more commonly want to use it for individual images than for image sequences too, so I agree with @SimplSam that having an option in preferences to change the default behavior is a good idea.

Perhaps relocating the 'three dots' menu to a right click contextual menu selection with 'import as individual images' & 'import as image sequence' would make it easier for users to find. It's location is odd as all other import options are in the right click menu.

I just wanted to report that I ran into the same issue. It took me quite some time to figure out that the ... menu needs to be clicked on specifically under the 'Media' tab - not in edit, or cut, or fusion. Then you drag your clips into the 'Media Pool' while you're still under the 'Media' tab. One thing that threw me way off was that the ... menu exists in several places, specifically in the 'Media Pool', which frustrated me when I kept reading that you could find it under the ... in the media tab, which I mistakenly thought was the media pool. I hope this helps someone save some time down the road.

I have 11 folders with photos that I need to import into my project. "Show individual frames" is selected.

Then, when I select "Add folders and subfolders into Media Pool (create bins)" the photos that happen to be labeled numerically still import as a sequence.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?