[MacDV] Re: Exporting stills from Final Cut Pro vs Premiere

[sb]

Ah Lynn, where to begin....

I assumed you had some knowledge of OSX, non-linear editing and Final Cut
Pro...  sorry.

Here's a step by step tutorial for you:

First, in FCP, to shorten the clip set in and out points in the timeline for
the snippet you want to export.

You do this by moving the playhead (yellow triangle) to the frame you want
to start with and clicking the I (for "in") key. Do the same for the
outpoint, move the playhead to the last frame and click the Oh (for "out")
key.  NOT Zero!

Now, under the File menu, select Export>Quicktime and under the Format Popup
select Image Sequence.
Click on the Options to set the frame rate of 29.97 and to select Photoshop
as the format.

Don't forget to give it a name (Sequence 1 is the default, and the stills
will be called 01, 02, 03, etc.) and create a new folder where you want
these stills to reside, otherwise you'll have them all over the place. Click
Ok, click Save.


Now hide or quit FCP.

Now, to get them to open in PS7 in OSX...

All you have to do, is to find the folder with the exported images.
Select the first image (Sequence 1 01.psd) by clicking on it ONCE to select,
NOT double-click to open.

Now click CMD-I (get info)
Under "Open With" change the default Preview to Photoshop 7. If you have
classic, make sure it's the PS7 from OSX - it should be at the top of the
drop down menu.

Click Change All.

Now try double clicking on the first still image. It should launch PS7 and
open.

regards,

sb



On 3/1/03 7:00 PM, "Animal Watch" <animal at cuug.ab.ca> wrote:

> Dear sb:
> 
> "File>Export>Quicktime>Format Popup>Image Sequence
> then under Options, select whatever file format you prefer (including
> .PSD)"
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but this exports 'picture viewer' images that
> open 
> directly into picture viewer with system 9.04 and Premiere 5.1c.  Plus
> there is 
> no option of exporting only a short in to out so the entire 6 minute .mov
> is 
> exported as images.  I'll upgrade, but ONLY if this issue is fixed.
> 
> In order to open these premiere or picture viewer files in Photoshop, I
> have to 
> go into photoshop, choose open and manually click on each file while
> holding 
> shift.  After manually opening thousands of these files, I'm getting
> carpal 
> tunnel syndrome. 
> 
> **Is there any way to either export image sequences as files that
> automatically 
> open into photoshop and or is there any way to open a folder, choose all
> and 
> open these 'premiere' or pictureview' files directly into photoshop?
> Will upgrading Premiere make a difference OR
> Does FCP export files that also must be manually opened in photoshop.
> 
> Thanks
> Lynn
> 
> 
> 
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