Premiere Pro - Image Sequence Import Issue - Footage Time Problem

[TylerBkk1]

I recently started using the import image sequence function in Premiere Pro to import JPG files into a project in order to create time lapses. At the moment I am working with two different folders of JPG files and am having some problems with one of my imports.

The first folder has 1,271 files, and I have my Adobe Premiere sequence set to 24fps. So when I bring in these files in as an image sequence it gives me 52:22 seconds of video footage on the timeline, which is correct.

The second folder has 1,391 files and, when I import these files, it gives me just under 50:08 seconds of footage (sequence frame rate for the project is also set to 24fps), which is incorrect. 1,391 divided by 24 should give me almost 58 seconds of footage. So something is wrong with this import of images and I don't know what is causing it.

I have redone the import a few different times on the second folder using a new Premiere Pro project file each time and yet the result is always the same; 50 seconds of footage only on the timeline and not the 58 seconds as it should be.

I am stumped because the first folder imports with the correct amount of footage and, when I import the second folder, I follow all the same steps, but the footage time is wrong. It seems to be losing about 12% of the footage for some reason.

Has anyone perhaps seen an error like this before and have any idea what might be causing it?

Many thanks and happy holidays to everyone...

[Averdahl]

Go to Edit > Preferences > Media and make sure that Indeterminate Media Timebase is set to 24 fps.

When changing it nothing will happen with the imported footage, you must import the footage once again.

[TylerBkk1]

Yes, it is already set to 24.00 fps indeed. Thank you.

[Meg The Dog]

1) If you look at the file that gives you 50:08 seconds when you expect 58 seconds on the timeline, do you see all the expected images that were contained in the original source folder? Is the very last image there?

2) If you go to Preferences > Media what is the Indeterminate Media Timebase set to?

3) If you set the Program Panel to list view, what is the frame rate of the imported image sequences?

MtD

[TylerBkk1]

Thank you so much. Your first question is a great one. No, not all of the files are there I realized. It is missing about 183 of the last photos files. What I also noticed is that where it stopped importing there is a gap of 4 consecutive file numbers missing where it stopped importing. I had deleted those 4 files because I didn't want them. So I guess Premiere Pro is assuming the sequence ends where there is a gap in consecutive file numbers.

Is there perhaps a setting somewhere which will force Premiere Pro to import all of the files contained within a folder into a sequence without it looking at the file numbers in the folder to determine where a sequence ends?

[Meg The Dog · Accepted solution]

TylerBkk1  wrote

Is there perhaps a setting somewhere which will force Premiere Pro to import all of the files contained within a folder into a sequence without it looking at the file numbers in the folder to determine where a sequence ends?

No, but bring the last group of images in as a separate image sequence and edit to the timeline right after the first. Now you should have all the content on the timeline. If so, select both clips on the timeline and once selected, right click on either of the selected clips and choose Nest from the drop down menu.

Now Premiere will create a nest of the two clips so they will act as a single clip.

MtD

[TylerBkk1]

Thank you. I just posted another message before seeing your reply again. Sorry.

All good now. Great! Thank you again.

Happy holidays...

[TylerBkk1]

What I just did as a workaround was I imported the missing files as a second image sequence and added them to the timeline. But still wondering in the future if there is any way to import an entire folder of images as a sequence, regardless of the file numbers?

Thanks again.