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November 24, 2020
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Detecting identical frames.

  • November 24, 2020
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Is there a way to detect consecutive identical frames in footage inside AE? For example, I have a video with frames #100 and #101 that look identical down to every pixel. I would like to get this flagged in some way. So this would be a kind of the opposite to motion detection.

 

I understand that there are ways to do that with python scripts, etc. My question is specifically about doing this inside AE.

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Correct answer Roland Kahlenberg

You should be able to use the sampleImage() method. You'll need to think of an algorithm to work with.

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Andrew Yoole
Andrew Yoole
Inspiring
November 24, 2020

There is no built-in process in AE for duplicate frame detection.

Lloyd Alvarez's script is the most common tool for this process thast I'm aware of.

https://aescripts.com/duplicate-frame-remover/

 

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    hhhhhhhhhhhhhh5Author
    Inspiring
    November 25, 2020

    Thank you Andrew. This looks like a nice script, but I just need to flag the duplicate frames, not delete them. I wonder if that script uses some built-in function in ExtendScript that can compare frames.

    Roland Kahlenberg
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    November 26, 2020

    You should be able to use the sampleImage() method. You'll need to think of an algorithm to work with.

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