In the from_framestore, and imcopy utilities, you can use a file template to specify a pattern from which the name of each destination image file will be derived. Similarly, in the to_framestore utility, you can use a template to specify a sequence of source image files. In the imcopy utility, both the source and destination can be image sequences specified by a file template.
The from_framestore utility (as well as imcopy when used to export from a framestore clip) stores each frame of a clip as a separate image file in a local or remote filesystem.
Image files are numbered sequentially so that the order of frames in the clip can be maintained in transfers. Specify the filename and the numbering format for the image files with the following file template:
<clip name>
The 4 instructs the utility to use four digits when numbering the files; the 0 instructs it to use leading zeros before the file number.
For example, if you use the file template example%04d.sgi in the from_framestore utility, the following image files are stored in the specified destination directory:
The to_framestore utility looks for matching filenames in the specified source directory.
