Help importing PNG sequence

So I believe I have successfully accomplished importing PNG
sequences before more than once. However, this time around, I'm
losing my mind. I just successfully rendered a PNG sequence out of
Adobe After Effects CS3, roughly 130 images, and I'm attempting to
import all of them as a sequence to FlashCS3. However, when I do
this, every image is duplicated with a graphic, and the graphics
are about 50x larger than the original PNG size. I cannot figure
out what I am doing wrong, I've never come across this problem. If
anyone has any advice, please let me know; it will be greatly
appreciated.
I also wanted to know how to move the position of images or
movie clips on multiple key frames at one time. If that makes
sense. As this PNG sequence for example.... If I don't like the
position of the sequence, I have to manually click each key frame,
and move the selected position... any help.
Thank you
Austin
[email protected]

Please disregard this post... I have found a solution. Thanks
for taking the time to read this post.

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Problems importing PNG sequence

So I believe I have successfully accomplished importing PNG
sequences before more than once. However, this time around, I'm
losing my mind. I just successfully rendered a PNG sequence out of
Adobe After Effects CS3, roughly 130 images, and I'm attempting to
import all of them as a sequence to FlashCS3. However, when I do
this, every image is duplicated with a graphic, and the graphics
are about 50x larger than the original PNG size. I cannot figure
out what I am doing wrong, I've never come across this problem. If
anyone has any advice, please let me know; it will be greatly
appreciated.
I also wanted to know how to move the position of images or
movie clips on multiple key frames at one time. If that makes
sense. As this PNG sequence for example.... If I don't like the
position of the sequence, I have to manually click each key frame,
and move the selected position... any help.
Thank you
Austin
[email protected]

your first problem here is likely that the images you've
rendered are not set to 72dpi, standard screen resolution. Flash
will automatically render the image at a size related to 72, eg. if
your images are higher res they will be shown larger to compensate.
the second issue can be resolved by using the 'edit multiple
frames' button and selecting all items in the timeline you wish to
move, including multiple layers and frames. to do so, turn on
'onion skinning' place the playhead in the first frame you wish to
move, extend the handle to the last frame you wish to move - then
turn on the edit multiple frames button (third option in the
timeline toolbar) - then select all of the layers and frames you
wish to move in the timeline - now all the items on the stage
should be shown as selected, you can now click and drag the items
all together or use the arrow keys to nudge the images to a new
position.

Issues importing PNG sequences

Hey all,
Using Flash CS3, I'm having an issue when importing a png
sequence to the stage. For some reason, a sequence rendered out of
after effects at 1920 x 1080 imports at 5442508.75 x 3061411.15.
Anyone know why? I never had this problem in the previous versions.
Thanks for the Help!
~Mike

mdebeer wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Using Flash CS3, I'm having an issue when importing a
png sequence to the
> stage. For some reason, a sequence rendered out of after
effects at 1920 x 1080
> imports at 5442508.75 x 3061411.15. Anyone know why? I
never had this problem
> in the previous versions.
>
import to library instead and then drag drop on stage.
most likely it's a resolution thing. Flash only get 72dpi so
images
in higher resolution might be scaled to redo the size maths.
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

Importing PNG sequence from After Effects (or anywhere)

From some reason when I'm importing a PNG sequence onto stage, it's loading all of the PNGs into one frame instead of distributing them into their own keyframes like it's supposed to.
I've seen this problem posted before. Anybody have a solution for this?
I've also seen that people have posted that Flash CS3 HATES After Effects PNGs....how bizarre....I'm starting to figure that out.
Any solutions?

Well now it's working. Hmmmm.Thanks Jim.
Well, there's something you can do that accidently stacks them into one frame.....I guess I get one brain-fart per month....and I just used my quota.

Transparency/Alpha Great Mystery (IMPORTED PNG Sequence)

Ok, this one is going to fall under the "I would LOVE to get an explanation of this one!" category. Just when I thought I knew everything about transparency and alpha channels, etc ...
The problem: I am importing a PNG sequence into After Effects (CS 5.5), however AE refuses to see the Alpha channel contained within the sequence. Now before anyone jumps the gun and says, "But wait, PNG does not really support alpha, it just supports transparency!" Right, something I just learned, and still -- quite honestly -- baffles the heck out of me.
But anyway, another PNG sequence exported from the exact same program, imports into After Effects just fine with an "alpha channel" and all. I double-checked, and there is NOT an option in the program to export the PNG without transparency info.
Importing sample images from each sequence reveals the EXACT SAME THING ... both have transparency, but NEITHER have an alpha-channel per se.
Sooo ...
1) ANY idea why in the heck AE would interpret one's transparency, and not the other?
2) Is there a way to FORCE AE to see the transparency of the one?
3) IF not, is there something out there that will convert the PNG's with transparency to another format (TIF, TGA, PSD) with an alpha? I just don't want to have to re-render the sequences again.
ANY insight into this bizarre-ness would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
Tim

Ok another follow-up with interesting results ...
1) The second sequence I have that I tried to batch in PS, did not turn out correctly. Investinging with a single frame inside PS revealed that it was not simply adding a selection to the "solid" parts, but actually sections within the solid parts. (To make it clearer, the animation is a zoom out from an open 3D book. Instead of making a selection of the book, it selected the book, and then various things contained on the book. Not sure where it was getting this selection from.
2) In AE, I simply moved those frames in the beginning where there would not be an alpha channel (or need of one) because the book is filling the entire frame. I then imported the remaining frames and it saw the alpha channel with no problem. I then just added the starting frames as a seperate sequence to the begininnig of the timeline, and wallla ... problem solved.
So I can only surmise that the 3D app did not -- oddly enough) output any alpha/transparency info for those first 60-or-so frames where the book filled the entire frame. Thus, AE -- looking at the first frame with no alpha info -- rightfully concluded that there wasn't any, and igores the transparency info.
The other PNG sequences did not start with object(s) filling the entire frame, so alpha info was written to the first frame for those. I can test this theory pretty easily. I could probably, now that I think about it, even just have created a frame 0000 with some alpha info, and then it would have worked (possibly.)
-Tim

Import png sequence and scrub through

Hi all,
Can edge animate do something like this?
Click on the 3D model and it will spin with mouse control
http://visualscience.ru/en/projects/hiv/3d-model/
So its a collection of images that when played, represent a spinning 3D object. Scrub right and the timeline plays, scrub left and the time line rewinds - and it will scrub in either direction forever.
I have done something like this in flash, but wondered if edge can do this too?
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You could easily achieve this 3D rotation effect using Sprite Sheets.
The best way to create sprite sheets for Edge Animate is Adobe Flash CC 2014.
Since you have 100+ images, you need multiple sprite sheets each having a max dimention of 1K x 1K pixels. (For making it mobile friendly)
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Import PNG sequence in to Photoshop, ignoring transparency?

I've been able to ignore the transparency in PNG images when needed by using "Layer>Layer mask>From Transparency" and then deleting the mask created.
However, importing an image sequence as a Timeline, this option is not available. What should I do instead? (Other than using After Effects to re-output my image sequence without transparency)
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Peter Spence
Electric Putty Studios
www.ElectricPutty.com

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Problems importing PNG Sequences as Footage

Using AfterEffects CS6 with the latest patch (11.0.1).. We have several PNG frame sequences (output from 3dsMax & Mental Ray) that we usually load into AfterEffects for manipulation and rendering. With the files on our network share, we are unable to import them as sequences (the options at the bottom of the Open File dialog are all greyed out). We can open individual frames just fine, and we can open these sequences as Some users, but not all. All users have all permissions to the files and folders.
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Hi All,
I need some help with making PNG sprite sheets with Photoshop CS4 Extended.
The issue is with Photoshop. When I bring in the PNG animation sequence image 1 then 2 I lose the alpha after that.
What is the best way to bring in multpel alphas to make a sprite-sheet? The trick I have used so far has given me
bad results.
* Note: I have rendered out 35 frames of an animation sequence from 3Ds Max 9 as .PNGs & .TGAs with alphas.
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Steps:
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2. Set document size to 256X512
3. Set up a grid 32X32 pixles
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Thanks for posting :-)
Hi Chris Cox,
The PNG format out of Photoshop does not work in computer game graphics for some reason so the game artist use SuperPNG. To get SuperPNG to work it must have an alpha channel for the transparency to work in game engines like GameMaker & GarageGames.
HI Paul Riggott,
I am using a software tool like File Sticher called GlueIt and it is working great for me. But this is one extra step I am trying to remove to my art pipe-line.
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Importing a PNG sequence from AE to PS timeline issue

Hello Adobe community
I've exported a PNG sequence from After effects so I can stop frame animate over it in Photoshop. When I add the PNG sequence to a Video group in photoshop, it brings each frame in as 120 frames long where I want them to be one frame long each. Is there ether a way of adjusting the duration of multiple clips to make them one frame long ( I know this doesn't work in frame animation mode), or is there anyway of doing this on import? I hope this makes sense and any help would be greatly appreciated.
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When I try to render a png sequence I got the following errors
After effects warning: Could not create file <file path> Access was denie
Another message box saying
AEGP plugin PNGIO Support: Unable to create PNGIO
(5027::12)
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Adobe After Effects v12.0 (Windows 64) render log for project “Untitled Project.aep”
Rendering started on 11/8/2014 at 9:34:58 AM
11/8/2014 9:34:58 AM: Starting composition “cinematicsPre 2”.
Render Settings: Best Settings
Quality: Best
Resolution: Full
Size: 1702 x 953
Proxy Use: Use No Proxies
Effects: Current Settings
Disk Cache: Read Only
Color Depth: Current Settings
Frame Blending: On for Checked Layers
Field Render: Off
Pulldown: Off
Motion Blur: On for Checked Layers
Solos: Current Settings
Time Span: Work Area
Start: 0:00:04:10
End: 0:00:25:27
Duration: 0:00:21:19
Frame Rate: 30.00
Guide Layers: All Off
Skip Existing Files: Off
Output Module:Lossless
Output To:C:\Users\Matthew\Desktop\Youtube Stuff\ObeyRC\Sequence\1\cinematicsPre 2_[#####].png
Format: PNG
Output Info: -
Start Frame: 130
Output Audio: -
Channels: RGB
Depth: Millions of Colors
Color: Premultiplied
Resize: -
Crop: -
Final Size: 1702 x 953
Profile: -
Post-Render Action: None
0:00:04:10 (1): 3 Seconds
0:00:04:11 (2): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:12 (3): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:13 (4): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:14 (5): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:15 (6): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:16 (7): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:17 (8): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:18 (9): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:19 (10): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:20 (11): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:21 (12): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:22 (13): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:23 (14): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:24 (15): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:25 (16): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:26 (17): 0 Seconds
0:00:04:27 (18): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:28 (19): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:29 (20): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:00 (21): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:01 (22): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:02 (23): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:03 (24): 0 Seconds
After Effects warning: Could not create the file 'C:\Users\Matthew\Desktop\Youtube Stuff\ObeyRC\Sequence\1\cinematicsPre 2_00154.png'. Access was denied.
AEGP Plugin PNGIO Support: Unable to create PNGIO. (5027 :: 12)
After Effects error: cannot close a closed file. (3 :: 5)
11/8/2014 9:35:23 AM: Finished composition “cinematicsPre 2”.
Total Time Elapsed: 25 Seconds
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Hello,
What is the easiest way to import a PNG sequence in Catalyst?
It seems to only import Flv & F4V. Flash can import my sequence but seems to have no option to export to FLV of F4V
Media Encoder does not seem to work ("the help files talks about checking a box that is NOT there in case of a sequence")
A simple all-adobe workflow would be nice (preferably not using more than three different programs). I like your programs individually, but harmonization and compatibility across Adobe products is quite poor considering your market position (sorry for that)...
kind regards,
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Two options:
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