1.       How do I PLAY a sequence ?

36.     How do I FIND MISSING FRAMES From within a sequence ?

37.     How do I USE MASKS to isolate sequence display by name or file type from within a sequence ?

Play a sequence of images by selecting the sequence(s) in the ListView and select play from the RMB pulldown menu. The Sequence(s) appear in the pro-Player. Play controls - bottom right, Image display options bottom Left. LMB over image to scrub sequence up and down the frame range. Toggle space bar start stop. Arrow keys- left & right : forward and reverse

Tip: shift select multiple sequences in required order to play sequences together.

View images at various aspect ratios by RMB over the Pro-Player and selecting image options / ratio and selecting the ratio of choice or add your own. The Ratio bottom on the bottom left of the P ro-Player will toggle this selection.

Create a Composite of two images by selecting the two sequences in the order you wish them to appear, background then foreground, in the Sequencemaster ListView and then RMB composite or select the composite button on the menu bar.
If the images do not contain an Alpha channel. Select the images as above and then the Sequence to be used as the Alpha channel. The composite will appear in the Pro-Player .

Save a composite as a new image sequence by selecting the red button at the bottom left of the Pro-Player to access the SaveAs functions. Then save the new sequence in your chosen format.

Save As / Record

Expand a sequence in the list view by double clicking on the selected sequence or RMB expand from the pulldown menu.

To create/ extract new sequences from within a sequence expand the sequence by double clicking on it, shift select select the frames you wish to use then RMB Save As . Select the format file type and name from the Save As menu. Sequence master will then create a new sequence displayed in the ListView. Tip: The Pro-Player will play the selected frames from the expanded view.

Resize a sequence by selecting The sequence in the lIstview then RMB Resize from the pulldown menu. Select the resize options, file size, type and destination then Save all to create a new resized sequence.

Resize

To copy a sequence to the same directory, select RMB copy / paste from the pulldown menu or select the sequence and drag it down the ListView , a copy will be created. Tip : To cancel this operation simply release the mouse on the title bar or outside the Sequencemaster UI.

To copy a sequence or multiple sequences to a new location on your network open the DualWindow by dragging on the vertical icon at the extreme right center of the list view, select the new location. In the left ListView window select the sequence or sequences you wish to copy and then LMB drag to the DualWindow Listview . Tip: Quick key 'd' to toggle DualWindow

To Batch convert, transcode or Save As a Sequence to another image type, Iff's to tga's for example, RMB select the sequence in the ListView and select Save As from the pulldown menu. Select file type , name and padding then Record to create a new sequence.

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To Reformat a sequence to change the format padding and name. Select the sequence in the ListView and RMB - Reformat , or select Reformat button on the menu bar. NB. Unlike Save As the changing of the file extension does not convert the file type, only the file format.

Reformat Sequence Filename

To repeat a frame. Select the frame or image in the Listview . RMB - Repeat frame . Select range and or destination to create a new sequence of the same frame.
Tip: Top view single files and images within the list view, toggle the 's' to 'f' at the top of the ListView.

Delete a sequence by selecting the sequence in the ListView. RMB - delete or delete or backspace on the keyboard. Tip: Delete places the sequence in the recycle bin.

Create a new directory by RMB over the directory browser to the left of Sequencemaster.
Select create directory from the pulldown menu .

New Directory

 

Filters

Flip or mirror a sequence in the Pro-Player via RMB pulldown - image options - flip mirror
Tip : Record button to create a new sequence from these options.

Increase the cache size available to the Pro-Player via RMB - Preferences or File - preferences from the menu bar.

View available disk space via the information bar at the bottom of the sequencemaster UI. LMB to select the capacity for other image sizes and formats or to create a custom size. Also toggle the Disk Size button on the top right of the menu bar to see a graphic representation of available disks and system information.

Disk Space

Bookmark a Listview for a particular directory by accessing the bookmark menu on the toolbar at the top of the Sequencemaster UI. Bookmarks can also be set for both sides of the DualWindow and can be color coded to aid recognition around a studio. Bookmarks can be saved and distributed for various scenes or projects. Tip : Set the location of your Bookmarks in The Sequencemaster Preferences .

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

To playback audio with a sequence you have to add all the images, select the .wav and add it to channel A. You can do this manually or by using left click select like normal.

Audio options - Wav file playback. You can assign 2 wav files to a sequence playback. Audio options allow you to playback the wav on channel A or B or listen to a mix of both (e.g. Channel A voice, channel B music)
Record options: You can record the mixed channels into a new wav, Microphone timed will record from the mic for x amounts of secs,
record audio into an AVI and extract audio from AVI.

 

To combine more than one sequence. Shift - Select the sequences in the order you wish them to appear in the Pro-Player . Then RMB - reformat . Sequencemaster creates a new sequence out of the selected sequences.  Tip : Save As can also perform a the same function if you wish to convert image file types as well.

To offset a sequence in order to start the first frame at a number other than one. Select the sequence in the ListView then RMB - Reformat and enter the required offset value.

 

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To Reverse a sequence. Select the sequence and then RMB - reformat check the reverse tick box.

ReTime a sequence by selecting the sequence in the ListView. RMB / ReTime and choose one of the two options.
A : Change frames per second accesses the SaveAs dialoque box which changes the frame rate of a sequence.
B : ReTime complete sequence extrapolates the amount of frames contained within a sequence. E.G:Original is 25 frames in length, you can make this 54 frames in length

Re-Time

During a render select the first frames to appear in the ListView then RMB - Set sequence range, Enter the duration of the expected complete sequence in frames. This allows the Graph/Stats functions to become fully operational. Toggle Graph/Stats from the menu bar for the selected sequence. The Graph/Stats UI appears at the top of the directory view.
The MicroGraph in the Graph/Stats can be expanded to occupy the ListView by toggling the MicroGraph . The GraphView and MicroGraph  display the sequence in terms of file sizes. RMB the MicroGraph or GraphView to access the pulldown menu options

The GraphView displays a sequence as file sizes . Once the expected sequence range has been set it  is very intuitive to see the progress of a render and see the activity of a given set of frames. For  example if rendering a 400 frame sequence with four machines a series of four 'spikes' would  appear in the GraphView . If at the end of render there are missing frames these are seen as spikes troughs in the graph and are listed in the Graph/stats . Tip : LMB drag select a portion of the graph and RMB to play that selection.

The Graph/Stats can provide an extimate of the time a sequence will take to complete by calculating  the time the frames appear on the disk, these are then displayed on the Graph/Stats The Graph/Stats averages these times to display a render estimate and then add it to the PC clock. This estimate becomes more accurate with more machines rendering as there is more information along the sequence range to calculate from.
      Toggle : Seq Time Est
      Toggle : Render Est Live

Play a sequence from the GraphView by RMB over the graph for a selected sequence, RMB - select Play
To Play a section of the GraphView . LMB drag select to isolate a section of the graph

RMB over a sequence in the ListView or RMB over the GraphView and select from the Render options.

Render missing frames in a sequence by selecting a sequence & RMB Render missing frames. The render UI creates a script with the numbering of the missing frames included. This can be run as a .bat file or executed from the render UI itself. select each line in the script to modify camera, render type and image output format. Click on Free typing to type directly to modify syntax or frame ranges.

Tip: If the .mb or .ma Maya scene file is the same as the image filename Sequencemaster will automatically load it into the scene file browser. Sequencemaster automatically names the outgoing image files created with the scene file name. This can be changed if desired.

Tip :For non Maya renderers simply think of the Render feature as script creator and amend the syntax accordingly, Then run the script as a .bat file.

Tip: Use the render button on the toolbar to access the render UI from any location. Use this to set up multiple overnight renders.

Render All Missing Frames

To Refresh Sequencemaster ListView and Graphview. Select refresh at the top right of the Menu bar. This can be automated from the pulldown time selection option.

To see a sequence without using the Pro-Player , Select the sequence in the ListView and then toggle  the Preview button at the top left of the Sequencemaster UI in the Menu bar. The Preview window appears at the bottom left of the directory view.
Tip : The Pro-Player RMB pulldown options can be accessed via the Preview .

To View Thumbnail Type images toggle the Preview all button on the menu bar. Preview sizes can be changed via  that toolbar Preview all settings

 

Yes you can open multiple copies of Sequencemaster on one machine. This is useful for monitoring  large render farms.

N.B: Files cannot as yet be copied between multiple copies of Sequencemaster.

 

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Compress image sequences with WinZip or Winrar with OpenWith. Select sequence(s) RMB OpenWith and select either Winrar or Winzip to Compress Tip : Drag .zip or .rar files to the desktop or another directory directly via the directory browser for fast mailing.

Open With

 

Graph & Stats

 

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