Wednesday 16 February 2011

Converting a Sequence of Images into a Quicktime Movie

Hey guys,

Found a pretty handy and really simple way to import your Maya image sequence into Final Cut. Every copy of Final Cut Pro comes with a copy of Quicktime Pro, which allows you to edit .MOV files.

1) Export your Maya animation into JPGs using settings from class.

2) Open up "Quicktime Player 7". There is two versions of Quicktime on our computers. It has to be 7 because that's the pro version.



3) Go "File>Open Image Sequence". (You'll know you've opened the wrong version of Quicktime if you don't have this option)



4) Open just the first file in your sequence.



And select the framerate you used in Maya.



5) Now you should be able to watch your animation in the Quicktime Player. To save it as a Quicktime file, just go "File>Save As..."

6) DONE! If you like, you can now import it into Final Cut and add music or wicked sound effects or something.