importing more than 1 image at a time

sorsen` · Post by **sorsen`** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:59 pm

Hi!

I'm doing a cut-out animation and need to import loads of images, but I'm allowed to select only 1 image at a time. I've got over 20 parts to import so obviously that's gonna be a rather slow process. So my question is:
How do I speed it up a bit with scripting ? Could someone help me write such a script?

Thanks

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:23 am

If you have a version of Anime Studio that supports scripts, try selecting Scripts|Image|Import Image Sequence. (The images have to be numbered sequentially...)

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:32 am

If you are on windows (I don't know if this works on mac or linux) go to the folder where the images are, select all and drag them into the AS main window. There will appear a message which ask you if you want image as layer or as trace reference. Click layer.
The message will appear for every single image, but it still being much faster than import them one by one.

sorsen` · Post by **sorsen`** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:26 pm

@jahnocli: unfortunatelly it's not a sequence but thanks for the tip. It will sure come in handy some day.
@selgin: Thanks, it works

I tried the method before but I drag&dropped onto the layer window which didn't work. Now if only I could get rid of that messagebox ...

rogermate · Post by **rogermate** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:08 am

Here's another idea.

A scripter wrote a Gimp to AS script.
Each layer of your Gimp.xcf file goes into a separate image
layer of a new .anme file which you can name.

Probably similar method can be used for Photoshop, because I think
the Gimp export script was a rewrite of a photoshop export script.

dueyftw · Post by **dueyftw** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:49 am

There was a script that imported everything in one file, image, vector, 3d into a sequence layer. It doesn't seem to work any more in 6.1

Dale