Resequence Files

Uses

• Prepare a PNG sequence for import into video editing software
• Rearrange a set of PNG frames for insertion into another set

How It Works

1. Set Input Path to a path on this server to the PNG files being resequenced
2. Set File Type to png or another necessary value
   • This used to locate the original set of files, and name the new files
   • A wildcard such as * will not work here
3. Set Base Filename or accept the default
   • This is used ahead of the frame index number for new filenames
   • ⚠️ Important: use a name other than the current name of the files
4. Set Starting Frame Number or accept the default of 0
   • A different value might be useful if inserting a PNG sequence into another
5. Set Frame Number Step or accept the default the default of 1
   • This sets the increment between the added frame index numbers
6. Set Frame Number Padding or accept the default of -1
   • This set the width of the added frame index numbers
   • If set to -1, the width is determined based on the number of files
7. Leave Samping Stride set to 1 and Sampling Offset set to 0
   • These are used for special purposes, for example:
     • To select only even frames:
       • set Sampling Stride to 2
     • To select only odd frames:
       • set Sampling Stride to 2
       • set Sampling Offset to 1
     • Tip: selecting even or odd frames can be useful if using de-interlaced content
8. Leave Rename instead of duplicate files unchecked to keep a copy of the original files
   • The original files can be handy for tracking down a source frame
9. Click Resequence Files

⚠️ Important

1. Make a backup copy of the original files before using Rename instead of duplicate files due to the danger of losing the original content
2. Ensure Base Filename is set to a different name than the source files
3. Ensure the only files present in the input path are the ones to be resequenced
4. Files are taken in Python sorted() order