Freeware file renumber tool

[Glob Studios]

As you may have noticed, some tools (Adobe Premiere, for instance) don't like the A:M file sequence numbering convention, so they have difficulty importing a complete file sequence generated in A:M. (They really should have an option for this convention.) A:M numbers files myfile0.tga, myfile1.tga ... myfile100.tga while Premiere wants them to be myfile000.tga, myfile001.tga ... myfile100.tga. I wrote a Windows application that makes renumbering files pretty easy, which I am releasing as freeware. It requires the .NET 3.5 runtime, which you may already have on your machine. As often happens with .NET, the executable file is small. You can find it here:

 

File Sequence Renumber Application

 

Enjoy! Let me know if you encounter any problems, but I'm not expecting to add features or do a Mac port. (I need to get back to animating!) It would be great to know whether it runs under Mono (open source .NET for Mac, Unix, etc.)

 

-Vance

[robcat2075]

btw...

 

You can make A:M write filenames with leading zeros by specifying a filename like

 

MyMoveiFrames0000.jpg

 

instead of

 

MyMovieFrames.jpg

 

 

 

A:M will use any number at the end of a filename as a template for how many digits to write.

[Rodney]

Robert has hit on the most direct way to get to the desired numbering for filenames straight out of A:M.

Pad the filename with zeros at the end to specify how many digits you want A:M to create.

 

As for your program...

I remain impressed with anyone that can create useful utilities such as this as I'd like to be able to write a few myself. If I could only get my brain wrapped around the math! I'm working on that. IMO We should have a forum area for those apt to program utilities for A:M.

 

For those interested in moving beyond renumbering...

When it comes to renaming/renumbering image sequences I tend to use Irfanview. (PC only)

[Glob Studios]

Thanks, guys! That's much easier. The utility forum sounds like a good idea.

 

-Vance