How To Output A Single Frame JPEG Of Each Clip

[chris layhe]

Hi Guys

Been having fun with our asset manager which has led to what sounds like a simple problem, but I can't find the answer. I need to create an image file of some sort, ideally a small jpeg or the like, of each clip that we shoot on our Epic in the same folder as the R3D file with the same name so that our asset manager - which doesn't recognize an R3D file - can see a file it does recognize and log it into the system. I thought that if I just loaded up REDCine-X Pro with everything from the drive, as usual, and created a new export setting to make a jpeg thumbnail at low quality, and save it automatically into same folder, same filename then render all of the clips with that new setting I'd have an easy answer. What, apparently, I can't do in REDCine is to tell it to just kick out Frame 1 and then move on to the next clip...

Seems like their must be a way?


Chris

 

[Todd T]

In Redcine-X , right click on the folder and select Generate Quicktime Wrappers.
See if your asset manager can work with those.

 

[chris layhe]

Thanks Todd, I'll give that a go... not as handy as a thumbnail but it might work!

Chris

 

[chris layhe]

Nope, it works in as much as some 5 different sized wrapper files and a true quicktime are created, but the true quicktime for a 10 second clip is about 214Mb and 1920x1080 - which is too much render time and far too large a file - and the reference files aren't read as quicktimes. The goal really is still one jpeg thumbnail...

chris

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

A custom script/app could do that if needed...

If you're on mac I could write such a script for you.

 

[Julien Deka]

shift+cmd+4 will give you the opportunity to take a screen shot of a targeted area (if you're on Mac)... It wont be Jpeg, but png though... It should appear on your desktop, and renaming the file maybe fastidious if you have a lot to do.

It is still a quick tip to get thumbnails easily sendable over e-mails.

 

[Matthias Stöckl]

How about Photoshop with native R3D support (apparently CS6) and Automate - Batch Processing? This way you might be able to export Frame 1 as a JPEG.

 

[chris layhe]

Thanks for the feedback, guys, good tips all but not quite what we need so it's back to the drawing board!

 

[jake blackstone]

If you have Resolve Lite installed, add "folder and subfolders" into the media pool. Create a new master timeline, right click on a viewer and select "grab still for each cut from first frame" or something like that. Once Resolve finished grabbing all shots, right click on the stills window and select "export stills" or something like that. Then you'll get window, where you can select the destination and format of all those stills. Unfortunately, all JPG, TIFF, DPX or whatever else you decide to use for exported format will be placed into a single folder and you will not have the original names of R3D files. Hope that helps somewhat...