Convention for opening files

When opening files using the command line, a different convention is used to specify a file sequence.

Depending on the position of the frame number in the filename, a different convention is used to indicate the file you are opening.

The @ and # symbols are used to specify the position of frame numbers in filenames. The number of @ is parallel to the amount of padding in the file name.

@

padded one digit

@@

padded to 2 digits (for example, 1 becomes 01, 10 remains 10)

@@@

padded to 3 digits.

#

is a shortcut for @@@@

The following is a list of sequence formats you can open, where @ represents the position of the frame number:

myimage@.ext

myimage.@.ext

@myimage.ext

myimage.@

myimage.ext.@

For example, if you want to open a sequence of files beginning with myimage.001.iff. You would enter the following command line:

fcheck -<option> myimage.@@@.iff

For details on how to open image sequences, see Open image sequences.

Convention for saving files

By default, FCheck saves sequences of images without padding, counting from 1 to the number of frames. For example, FCheck names a 10-frame sequence from myimage1.iff to myimage10.iff.

Using the # symbol, you can indicate the position and the amount of padding in the frame number when saving a sequence of images.

You can save sequences using the following frame/animation formats:

myimage#.ext

myimage.#.ext

#myimage.ext

Use multiple #s, to set the number of padding in the frame number. One # represents one digit in the frame number. For example, myimage##.ext applies two number padding to the sequence.

For details on how to save files, see Save images or sequences.