Import images in Reverse?

[rstjohn1]

I have a problem that I believe has a simple solution, but I'm unable to figure it out. Maybe somebody here can help me out.

I have a tiff sequence 0-200 of a ball shattering. I want to comp it in After-Effects but in reverse. That is 200 to 1. But there's no option to import in reverse in either Premiere or AE. I had a look at some file renaming programs, but nothing really seems to do the trick.

What can I do to load my sequence in After Effects in the reverse sequence??

Thanks in advance!

[jtk77]

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I have a problem that I believe has a simple solution, but I'm unable to figure it out. Maybe somebody here can help me out.

I have a tiff sequence 0-200 of a ball shattering. I want to comp it in After

-Effects but in reverse. That is 200 to 1. But there's no option to import in reverse in either Premiere or AE. I had a look at some file renaming programs, but nothing really seems to do the trick.

What can I do to load my sequence in After Effects in the reverse sequence??

Thanks in advance!

first off, this should be in the AE forum...but I'll help .
Import your footage as usal .
Then go
LAYER-TIME STRECH-..then put in -100 ...and you've got a reversed sequence.

..........KA-POW !......

[rstjohn1]

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first off, this should be in the AE forum...but I'll help .
Import your footage as usal .
Then go
LAYER-TIME STRECH-..then put in -100 ...and you've got a reversed sequence...........KA-POW !......

That did the trick! Thank you very much.

[perseus2]

Quiggy -
A simple rewording of your problem will avoid getting flamed for posting to the wrong forum ... this can easily be a Maya question ... "How can I reverse the order or otherwise change the numbering of a rendered sequence?"

There is a command line utility that comes with Maya called "imgcvt" which allows you to convert the formats of single or multiple files and rename or renumber them. Open a command shell and type "imgcvt -h" for a display of all the options. You can type "imgcvt -h > imgcvt.txt" to redirect the ouptut of the help command to a text file, then you can open the file with Notepad or wordpad or some other text editor.

Anyway, to answer your question ...

"imgcvt -r 1-200 -R 200-1shatter.@@@.tif backwards.@@@.tif"

will take frames 1 - 200 of your animation called "shatter" and rename it to "backwards" and reverse the order.

Read the doc to see what the symbols mean in terms of number padding.

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In reply to:
I have a problem that I believe has a simple solution, but I'm unable to figure it out. Maybe somebody here can help me out.

I have a tiff sequence 0-200 of a ball shattering. I want to comp it in After-Effects but in reverse. That is 200 to 1. But there's no option to import in reverse in either Premiere or AE. I had a look at some file renaming programs, but nothing really seems to do the trick.

What can I do to load my sequence in After Effects in the reverse sequence??

Thanks in advance!