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How to offset bitmap animation start?
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:52 pm
by Olitech
Hi all,
Is there any way to offset the start time of an animated bitmap sequence in Octane?
We are using v2.11.1 (Octane Max plug)
This would be a rrrrrreallly simple but extremely useful feature...
best,
O
Re: How to offset bitmap animation start?
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:21 pm
by Olitech
Ok.
So I'm going to assume that currently this is not possible. =(
Shame. I have a 600 frame time lapse exr sky that I can't loop. Static sky it is. =(
best,
O
Re: How to offset bitmap animation start?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:34 am
by nagboy
Hi,
This is actually really simple. You can just edit the IFL file so it reflects how you want the frames to be played. By default the IFL file reads a dir of map files and creates a sequence that looks for example like this:
frame01.jpg
frame02.jpg
frame03.jpg
....
But there is nothing stopping you from editing the IFL file so it looke like this:
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame02.jpg
frame03.jpg
Octane just renders the IFL file so that from frame 0 til 7 it would be frame01.jpg then the sequence starts.
It takes just a few seconds in notepad to create loops, offset start etc.
I hope i understood your problem correctly and that this helps.
Eivind
Re: How to offset bitmap animation start?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:45 am
by Olitech
(Slaps own face)
Of course! So brilliantly simple.
You rock Eivind! That's perfect.
Thank you so very much!
Best,
O
Re: How to offset bitmap animation start?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 12:09 am
by Olitech
nagboy wrote:Hi,
This is actually really simple. You can just edit the IFL file so it reflects how you want the frames to be played. By default the IFL file reads a dir of map files and creates a sequence that looks for example like this:
frame01.jpg
frame02.jpg
frame03.jpg
....
But there is nothing stopping you from editing the IFL file so it looke like this:
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame01.jpg
frame02.jpg
frame03.jpg
Octane just renders the IFL file so that from frame 0 til 7 it would be frame01.jpg then the sequence starts.
It takes just a few seconds in notepad to create loops, offset start etc.
I hope i understood your problem correctly and that this helps.
Eivind
Nagboy, this worked like a charm.
I owe you one!
best,
O