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About the FieldAssembler
FieldAssembler
Define Sequence Dialog
Reassembling Field Rendered
Images
Field Rendered Images
are images in a sequence of images designed for video playback on
NTSC devices. Each field, or image, contains only 1/2 of a full frame,
and each field is stored in a separate file. Rendering images in
this manner can be helpful when designing animations that will be
played back on NTSC devices. However, to view these images on a
computer screen, or to transfer them to certain other computer programs,
you need to reassemble them into full images. When this happens,
you end up with 1/2 as many files, and each file has twice as much
data.
- Select File > New Sequence from
the main menu.
- Click Define on
the line that reads Even Field Sequence. The Define Sequence dialog
appears.
- Click Browse and
select the first file for your animation.
- After selecting the file, the Define
Sequence dialog automatically updates its fields with
the correct information for your animation. The first few filenames
that are read appear under Sequence File Names.
- Click OK to complete
your sequence definition. For more help on this dialog, see
Define Sequence Dialog.
- Click Define on
the line that reads Output Frame Sequence.
- Another Define Sequence dialog
appears. You can click Browse and
select a directory and name to use. If you include a number in this
name, it is used as the first frame number. If you edit the Filename field
directly, the '#' symbol indicates where the frame number is positioned.
As you change the options, you can see how the name changes under Sequence
File Names.
- Click Go to begin
assembling the images.