TIME-LAPSE Sequence Won't go into CS5.5 !! WHY ??

[George D.]

We shot a time-lapse sequence with our Nikon D7000 DSLR that took us over 8 days. We wish to incorporate this within the APP CS5.5 timeline along with R3D files. I use a Windows7 PC.

As instructed by members of this forum, I have done the following:

1 - Open all TIFF images in CS5.5

2 - Click on first image in numbered sequence.

3 - Click "numbered stills" in check box.

4 - Click Import.


These steps have worked before, but this time, when I go to step #4, the only box left to click on is the "Open" box. "Import" is grayed out. So, when I click "Open" only "one" image comes into the program. I have tried this over and over 5 times and it's always the same. I cannot get the entire number of images into the Project box as a single sequence.

The images ARE sequentially numbered, but they do have letters in front. Could that be the problem? Are the letters somehow screwing it up?

I tried re-numbering the images, removing the letters, so they they ended up like so: 0(1), 0(2), 0(3), etc, etc.. But, doing it this way seems to have screwed something else up, because now the "numbered stills" box is grayed out.



If anyone has a solution to this, I would be most grateful. We will be incorporating many time-lapse sequences within our final program, so I must get a handle on it.

Thanks for your time.

*** PLEASE SEE UPDATE BELOW.

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[Mike Q.]

Men i'm higly interested in this as I have always done this in Quicktime.

 

[Antony M]

A few questions/suggestions.

1. where did the TIFF images come from? Doesn't the Nikon shoot either RAW or JPG ?

2. you should keep the original numbering from the camera, not rename with numbers in brackets.

3. Can you show us a screenshot of the Import dialog?

4. What do you mean by "Open all TIFF images in CS5.5" in which app? Photoshop? AE? Premiere? You don't need to open all the images first, just select the first in the sequence in the Import dialog.

 

[David McGavran]

We shot a time-lapse sequence with our Nikon D7000 DSLR that took us over 8 days. We wish to incorporate this within the APP CS5.5 timeline along with R3D files. I use a Windows7 PC.

As instructed by members of this forum, I have done the following:

1 - Open all TIFF images in CS5.5

2 - Click on first image in numbered sequence.

3 - Click "numbered stills" in check box.

4 - Click Import.


These steps have worked before, but this time, when I go to step #4, the only box left to click on is the "Open" box. "Import" is grayed out. So, when I click "Open" only "one" image comes into the program. I have tried this over and over 5 times and it's always the same. I cannot get the entire number of images into the Project box as a single sequence.

The images ARE sequentially numbered, but they do have letters in front. Could that be the problem? Are the letters somehow screwing it up?

I tried re-numbering the images, removing the letters, so they they ended up like so: 0(1), 0(2), 0(3), etc, etc.. But, doing it this way seems to have screwed something else up, because now the "numbered stills" box is grayed out.



If anyone has a solution to this, I would be most grateful. We will be incorporating many time-lapse sequences within our final program, so I must get a handle on it.

Thanks for your time.

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Too be honest your steps confuse me... Any chance you can make a screen recording?

Thanks

Dave

 

[George D.]

OK everyone, I guess I was not being specific enough, so here are the details.

I shoot with a Nikon D7000 in RAW, adjust the images in Nikon Capture NX2 if they need it, then convert them to TIFFs.

I do NOT change the numbers. That was only an experiment to see if numbering was the problem.

The images are too high a quality to use in Quicktime, and even if they were not, I don't like Quicktime anyway.

Back in November, 2011, Brad Allen instructed me, via this forum, on how to put time-lapse sequences into Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. The steps he described are basically easy and I've done them several time with success. But, this time it did not work, so that is why I'm looking for a solution as to why. His EXACT words are the following:

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Import the TIFFs as an image sequence.

Go to File > Import (or double click on a blank spot in the project panel)

Navigate to your folder of TIFFs

Click ont he 1st image in your timelapse

The select the "Numbered Stills" checkbox.

Click Import.

Depending on your settings, it may not bring the timelapse in at 30fps - that's easily fixed though. Right click the timelapse sequence > modify > interpret footage.

In the dialogue box that pops up, under the4 frame rate settings, select "Assume this frame rate." and punch in 30. (This will tell Premiere to read the footage as though it is 30fps footage.)

Click OK, and edit away.

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So, that's my dilemma. It worked before, but it doesn't work now, and it has the problems I've described in my original post above.

If you know the solution, please let me know.

Thanks for your time.



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[Paul Russell]

The numbering has to be the last few digits in the filename before the period.

 

[Andy White]

Regarding the still images, as Paul has said, they need to be numbered like this to be read as an an image sequence:

NAME_00000.tiff, NAME_00001.tiff, NAME_00002.tiff (etc)

Be aware that some programs will not import a sequence properly if the numbering conventions are NAME_000.tiff>NAME_999.tff and then NAME_1000.tiff>NAME_2000.tiff

This is because the numerical & sequential import (in the above case) should be based on 4 digits (ie starts at 0000 and ends at 2000) - so the first batch should have a zero added (eg NAME_0000.tiff rather than NAME_000.tiff)... obviously, it's based on the largest frame number which has to be reflected in the lowest frame number

So try renaming.re-numbering using that convention?

Hope that helps - we're stabbing in the dark a bit trying to help - maybe put up a grab of the problem and other can chime in.

 

[Mike Q.]

George
Try it with photoshop I was able to do it with photoshop 5.5. Hope it help.
Later when i'm in front of my computer will detail the steps. But pretty much
The steps you outline was how i did it..

 

[George D.]

George
Try it with photoshop I was able to do it with photoshop 5.5. Hope it help.
Later when i'm in front of my computer will detail the steps. But pretty much
The steps you outline was how i did it..

Now, that is something I would like to know how to do. If you have the time to put in the steps necessary to put those images together in Photoshop, that would be great, and MUCH appreciated.

Thanks.

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[George D.]

UPDATE:

Well, we just finished the next time lapse sequence, and I put the RAW NEF files into Nikon Capture NX2 as before. After Batch Altering them, I went to put them in the APP CS5.5 timeline as I've also done before. But this time a window popped up and said "Video Bit Depth is Unsupported."

When I did the adjustments in Nikon Capture it gave me a choice between 8 bit or 16 bit, but choosing either one of those did not alter anything in CS5.5. It still said the Video Bit Depth was not supported even when I tried both ways.

How do I fix this? Is it something in the camera? I never had this problem before. I have to admit though, the previous time lapses were done with the Nikon D2X and these last ones with the Nikon D7000. Do you think it's a setting I've missed in the D7000 that was not there in the D2X, or what?

I've just got to figure this out. We're in the middle of our FOURTH attempt already.

Thanks.

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[Mike Q.]

George:
This is how I was able to do it in photoshop.
1-Open
2- Select the first picture of the sequence.
3- Must check box with imaga sequence.
4- Open
Once the fist picture is in photoshop
5-Chose frame rate. I chose 24 fos Click OK
6- File, export, Render Video
7- Select folder, Name, Size etc and in a few minutes you have a video.
I need to learn what some of the setting and options are but I got some very good results.
Hope this help and send you in the right path.

 

[George D.]

George:
This is how I was able to do it in photoshop.
1-Open
2- Select the first picture of the sequence.
3- Must check box with imaga sequence.
4- Open
Once the fist picture is in photoshop
5-Chose frame rate. I chose 24 fos Click OK
6- File, export, Render Video
7- Select folder, Name, Size etc and in a few minutes you have a video.
I need to learn what some of the setting and options are but I got some very good results.
Hope this help and send you in the right path.

Thanks Mike, but that won't work for me.

I guess I have an older version of Photoshop, because I see no "box" for "image sequence" in the entire program. That is, IF you are talking about Adobe Photoshop for "still" images, not video. If you are referring to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, I do have the latest version, but I still do not see any box titled "image sequence".

I'll keep experimenting. Maybe I've misunderstood you or something.

Thanks.

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[Richard Tran]

Regarding the still images, as Paul has said, they need to be numbered like this to be read as an an image sequence:

NAME_00000.tiff, NAME_00001.tiff, NAME_00002.tiff (etc)

Be aware that some programs will not import a sequence properly if the numbering conventions are NAME_000.tiff>NAME_999.tff and then NAME_1000.tiff>NAME_2000.tiff

This is because the numerical & sequential import (in the above case) should be based on 4 digits (ie starts at 0000 and ends at 2000) - so the first batch should have a zero added (eg NAME_0000.tiff rather than NAME_000.tiff)... obviously, it's based on the largest frame number which has to be reflected in the lowest frame number

So try renaming.re-numbering using that convention?

Hope that helps - we're stabbing in the dark a bit trying to help - maybe put up a grab of the problem and other can chime in.

What andy said...
And if you don't use the underscore, your "name", better not have numbers in it, or else that will through it off also. AKA: Don't have Name = "TimelapseNumber3"

 

[Mike Q.]

George
Yes I'm talking about Photoshop for pictures and in the bottom of the page you will see the option for image sequence check that option and when they are open in photoshop then follow the steps 6, 7. Again I have version 5.5. Don't know if it is the same with previus version.
Hope it works good for you. Take care.