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captfine in icon_tutorial

Help - Animation - CS4

Aug 27, 2010 17:28

I have been struggling with this for a while.

I'm using CS4 to try to make an animation. Therefore, of course, I go to import -> Video Frames to Layers, and pull up the file I want to. Then I get to the selection box, but when there, there's no video shown, so selecting the time range in which I want it to take caps from is very difficult.
( screen shot under the cut )

animation: mini movies, program error: photoshop, program: photoshop

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ina_ami August 27 2010, 15:48:29 UTC

yeah same here but i didn't find a solution. i remember someone saying that it had to be a certain type of movie file. i usually use kmp to cap the part of clip i want and then import them into photoshop.
maybe someone will have a better answer for you

captfine August 27 2010, 15:52:36 UTC

Ugh, thank you! I didn't like KMP when I tried it originally, but maybe I'll have to try it again. Does KMP work on macs, or is that a windows only thing?

dinosaur August 27 2010, 17:55:22 UTC

The file you're using is probably not encoded right. You could try saving it as a MOV file with QuickTime X (assuming that you're running Snow Leopard). If it's a big file, I would trim (command+t) the file to the scene you want. Go to File > Save For Web and select Computer for Export Versions. It will create a folder in your Movies folder (you can change the destination before saving if you wish) and within the folder there should be a MOV version of the file.

If you're not running Snow Leopard, you can screencap the scene with VLC.

captfine August 27 2010, 18:07:04 UTC

Re: Snow Leopard: I'm not sure. I got my computer in May, so unless Snow Leopard came installed, I don't have it.

And I have tried capping with VLC before. It's my primary video player. However, despite following several tutorials, my caps don't show up.

dinosaur August 27 2010, 18:16:23 UTC

Since you got it in May, you should definitely have it.

VLC: It's weird that the caps aren't showing up. Did you set a destination folder for the caps? If there is no folder set, they should save to your Pictures folder.

sidhex3 August 27 2010, 18:03:43 UTC

this is actually a very frequently asked question, so if you go back through the animation tags, you'll find it answered. (sorry, i'm in a bit of a rush and don't have time to link directly to a post that will help.)

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