How to import every second frame

Question

Hi, I have an animation rendered, and to test it I rendered every second frame. The frames are numbered 0,2,4 etc. When I try to import the sequence into AE, the warning about missing frames appears, and it puts the color pattern in-between missing frames.

Can someone help me, how to avoid it and just render every second frame?

Thanks!

Ishan Y · Accepted Answer

I am new to animation (I am doing archviz, but I have only done still renders and simple animations), and I know this method is used for preview and also for frame interpolation, in Topaz, for example, when you can drastically decrease render times and interpolate missing frames. So now I am working on a larger animation and wanted to test it. Maybe AE isn't the best software for this?

If you're on Windows, make a backup of the PNG sequence, select all PNG files in the folder, press F2, and type any name, such as "Image". The rest of the PNG files should be sequentially named accordingly. Import the sequence again and let us know how it goes.

Ishan Y · Answer

Hi there,Could you tell me how you imported the animation to After Effects? Is it a PNG sequence, or is it imported directly from another Adobe app?  Thanks,Ishan

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