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micul
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October 13, 2021
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Importing a png sequence on 2s (After Effects)

  • October 13, 2021
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I am trying to import a render I made on 2s (rather than 1s, for the sake of time), but the sequence is "missing" every other file. In the playback, there is a placeholder for these files. I don't want to spend countless hours importing every single png, or timeremapping the sequence. Is there a way to have Ae recognize each one in the sequence as a single frame, not skipping a frame? Do I have to go back and rename every single file?? 

 

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Mylenium
Mylenium
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October 14, 2021

Agree with Rick. You may want to educate yourself about soem basics in AE like footage interpretation and naming requirements for sequences and how it interacts with composition framerates and that. Even if your sequence is named wrongly, it should be sufficient to interpret it at a lower framerate so AE would simply "skip" the missing frames. You can also try and apply a Posterize Time effect which pretty much does the same. Other than that you can always rename your sequence with a batch renaming tool that supports automatic numbering like BulkRename on Windows for instance. As a long time 3D artist I would suggest you have such tools at your hand, anyway, not just for renaming render files, but also batch processing textures, object sequences, cached simulation files and so on.

 

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deanr35958183
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November 14, 2024

Ever heard of rendering on 2s? It's clear what he's asking but this reply is so damn condescending.

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    liors87383792
    Participating Frequently
    December 10, 2024

    Yes, honestly I don't have a clue about what these people are talking about. The guy simply wants to have more exposure for each frame, whether on 2's, 4's, or whatever. The default options for AE is to read PNG sequence on 1's. Is there a way to change it? simple question.

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      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 14, 2021

      If you have sequentially named your image sequence and you select import as an image sequence, you get a movie with every frame in order. The default frame rate is 30fps, but you can change that in the Project Panel if you interpret the footage. 

       

      It does not sound like you are following that workflow. We need details and embedded screenshots to give you good advice. Please describe your workflow in detail and embed screenshots* that show us the modified properties of the problem layers.

       

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