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Importing image sequence brackets??

May 27, 2011 7:53 AM

When I go and select a single image that's part of a sequence, and import it as such, I get it to show up with [ ] brackets around it. But when I go to select all images and import "multiple sequences, the brackets are { } type. I wouldn't care much but I find that when they are the { type that I can't update footage to add more of the images that are currently still rendering from my 3D program.

 

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I'm not sure what those types of brackets mean and the only way I see of fixing in there is to "replace footage" and just select the single file and basically re-import as sequence. After that the brackets switch over to the [ ] ones.

 

Anybody know what this means or any input about it?

591 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: Navarro Parker, Jul 11, 2012 5:45 PM
 
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  • falldowngoboom
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    1. falldowngoboom,
    Jul 11, 2012 9:23 AM   in reply to falldowngoboom
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    Over a year later and still haven't found a solution to this. Anybody out there??

     
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    2. Mylenium,
    Jul 11, 2012 12:07 PM   in reply to falldowngoboom
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    Well, perhaps it indicates broken sequences, perhaps something else that started out as a good idea when AE was still young but has long been forgotten over all the years. In any case, it's probably not much to waste any second thought on...

     

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    3. falldowngoboom,
    Jul 11, 2012 12:25 PM   in reply to Mylenium
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    I wish it was that easy. It's not like something that can just be easily ignored. Often enough I need to input 3D render passes and instead of going through each sequence sepertly to get the square brackets it's easier to select all, and check of "Multiple sequences". If my render doesn't change it's fine, but either I want to play with it in AE before it's fully complete rendering, or I end up needing to add time to the animation. So in that case I have to go and either re-import and replace in the timeline or click on each pass and relink.

     

    I guess from now on I should just import each sequence on it's own. Great pain, but if there's no other way...

     
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    4. Navarro Parker,
    Jul 11, 2012 5:45 PM   in reply to falldowngoboom
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    If you work with image sequences a lot, check out Lloyd Alverez' Immigration script. It's a huge time saver. And it intelligently recognizes and replaces image sequences.

     

    http://aescripts.com/immigration/

     
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