Re: Dumb question (repost) 2005-06-04 - By Harvey White
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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:08:23 -0000, you wrote:
>Thanks for that Harvey - worked a treat. I was trying to save out a
>tga sequence because that's the only way of getting an image with
>alpha out of ParticleIllusionSE. Converted it to a QT .mov in the
>render room, since I believe that's the only video format with
>embedded alpha support, and then imported it with no problems. Looks
>a treat, too - now that SeattleMickey's sorted out the particle
>sprite issue, this was the last barrier to getting fast-rendering,
>good-looking particle effects. Now if Akuro can just get Particloid
>finished we'll have flocking and deflection behaviour too...
Glad to hear that it worked. Carrara's ability to transfer formats is
not generally used, but it's there.
Harvey
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>Giles
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>--- In Carrara@(protected), Harvey White <madyn@(protected)> wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 05:57:04 -0000, you wrote:
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>> >Hullo chaps,
>> >
>> >Silly question, but I'm having problems importing an image
>sequence
>> >as a movie into the shader tree. I've run out a sequence of .tga
>> >files from Particle Illusion, and put them all in their own
>folder.
>> >I then go to open a texture map in the shader tree, pick the
>first
>> >one in the sequence and open it, tell Carrara it's a file
>sequence
>> >in the pop-up, and end up with just the still image - no player
>> >controls, and scrubbing through the scene timeline doesn;e make
>any
>> >difference either. I've tried just typing the sequence name
>without
>> >the 0001 but get a "cannot find file" type error, and I also
>can't
>> >select more than one file at a type in the file open dialog, to
>grab
>> >the whole sequence in one...
>> >
>> >I feel slightly dumb for asking, but is there a secret?
>>
>> Not that I know of, you seem to have done everything right.
>>
>> However, a work around is to go to the render room, open that first
>> image as a sequenced bitmap file, and save it as something else
>that
>> is not sequenced, not so elegant, but workable.
>>
>> Then import the avi (probably recommended format) file. Even then,
>> it's a bit dicey to work with.
>>
>> Harvey
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Ta in advance,
>> >
>> >Giles
>> >
>> >(Posted below, but I think it got lost in a flurry of messages...)
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