png files as video overlays

georgemon

Newbie Location: Glasgow, Scotland Joined: Dec 29, 2011 20:20 Messages: 37 Offline

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Jun 16, 2012 22:31

Have had a video overlay (Logo) done in After Effects which has been saved as a series of png files whic it sees when loaded as a video file and plays as such.

PD 10 when I try to load the png files sees them as individual files and loads them as 1000's of separate files. Is there someway to have PD 10 see these as one video file and not single images?

Any assistance appreciated.

Thanks, George

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Jun 16, 2012 23:03

G'day George -

So you don't have the logo animation as a video file? If you do, forget what is written below.

PD can't see them as a video unless it's in a video format.

The series of .png files represent each frame in the animation. They'll probably be named sequentially, so that (00001.png would be the first frame, 00002.png the second & so on up till (say) 03421.png, which is the last frame.

You can import all your .png files & drop them in the timeline. Select all > click Slideshow > Time Lapse. The default duration for each image is 00:00:00:01 (1 frame), but you can customise it. You probably won't need to.

Produce the slideshow as a video & you're almost good to go. When you go to use it in a video, you'll probably need to apply chroma key/use a mask because the transparency in the .png files will be lost.

Cheers - Tony

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georgemon

Newbie Location: Glasgow, Scotland Joined: Dec 29, 2011 20:20 Messages: 37 Offline

Jun 17, 2012 05:57

Thanks Tony,

Will try that later and/or ask my frined to produce it as a movie file. Thanks, George