Want to create video out of image series

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Want to create video out of image series

PostSun Feb 14, 2021 4:20 pm

Hello,

I have a problem with da vinci. I have an image series which I created with another program. It's an animation which I rendered as an image series. So I have around 300 png-images which are named example001, example002, example003 etc.

In the past if I imported such an image series in davinci into the pool it was automatically recognised and imported as a video with every image beiing one frame.

With the newest version that doesn't seem to work anymore. Every image gets imported as an individual clip.

I even deactivated "show individual frames" under media. But it won't import as one video clip.

I am at the end of my wisdom. Can somebody please help me?

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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostMon Feb 15, 2021 2:58 am

Try to put a period sign in front of the number.
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostMon Feb 15, 2021 1:29 pm

Thanks, that works.

But is there another way?

Unfortunately the programm in which I render only outputs image series in a numeration without a dot.

And it's a bit tedious to manually add a dot for several hundred images.

I am pretty sure it worked in the older versions of da vinci.
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostTue Feb 16, 2021 4:46 pm

You might try adding an underscore as the last character in the Name field when exporting out the images. That would give you:

image_0001
image_0002
etc.
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostTue Feb 16, 2021 5:52 pm

The problem is I can't change the output format of the programm I render the images in.

Even if I give the image series the name example_001 the images of the series are then named example_001001, example_001002 etc. and not example_001, example_002 etc.
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostTue Feb 16, 2021 7:28 pm

Use the base name: example_
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostWed Feb 17, 2021 2:07 am

Or use one of the many free batch renamers. No need to do that by hand when you've got a computer!
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostWed Feb 17, 2021 2:42 am

ps2000 wrote:In the past if I imported such an image series in davinci into the pool it was automatically recognised and imported as a video with every image beiing one frame.

Did you drag the first image into the media pool or did you drag the folder that contains the images? In my experience dragging the first image brings it in as a single image but dragging the folder brings it in as a clip made up of all the images.
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Re: Want to create video out of image series

PostWed Feb 17, 2021 3:42 pm

Hendrik Proosa wrote:Use the base name: example_

Yes, that's what I was suggesting. Whatever name is used, make underscore the last character.
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