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erik_c_1
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March 16, 2012
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Setting up a Script to process all frames of a video file

  • March 16, 2012
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I have a few plug-ins that seem to work for what I need to do.

The problem is that when I open my video file (which I can see all frames on the animation timeline), I cannot run my custom Action on more than one frame at a time.

I have my Action Set to run; filter1->filter2->filter3->filter4->Next Frame.

This works if i sit there and hit the Action play button on each and every frame, but I need this to be automated.

Is there a script that is out there or something that could be created that would allow me to run the Action which would then move to the next frame and run the Action again until it has processed every frame?

****I CANNOT CONVERT TO SMART FILTER WITH THESE PLUGINS****

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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March 17, 2012

You seem to call them frames when they are Layers.

Does the document contain Groups, Adjustment Layers, Fill Layers?

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erik_c_1Author
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March 19, 2012

@c.pfaffenbichler ---

I am calling them frames because I imported a video file in the layer window there is only (1) layer. I did not import video frames as layers.  In the animation timeline, there is (1) layer but there are all the frames within that layer.

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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March 19, 2012

I can apply the action to each individual "Frame" if I do it one at a time.  PS will allow me to change the layer to a SO, but the filter/plug-in that I am using is not compatible with SO so that will not work.

I actually set an Action Set to run the filters and then advance one frame and then run a different Action Set which then does the exact same thing and then returns to the first Action Set, which actually causes it to stop saying the first Action Set is already running.

^^^ may sound confusing, but I tried it as a work around ^^^^


I may misunderstand, so could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels visible?

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