Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Image Size Brickwall in Bin Frame View

Xnview is also a pretty good viewer if Irfanview does not suit your tastes.
http://www.xnview.com/
en anglais, francais at deutch.

DD

blafarm wrote:
>
>
> Well...I solved this problem and thought I'd give a little something
> back to this great forum.
>
> The Problem:
> When cutting a project with hundreds of still photos, MC's Bin Frame
> View cannot enlarge them enough to easily organize them sequentially
> so they can be Alt-Dragged onto the timeline in order to automatically
> create a sequence.
>
> The Solution:
> A free PC application called IrfanView has a function called
> Thumbnails (File > Thumbnails); which will display stills at any size
> (Options > Set Thumbnail Options); which will allow stills to be
> re-ordered using standard drag and drop techniques; and which will
> allow batch re-naming of the photos by adding a new number prefix --
> while still retaining the DSLR image number (which is essential when
> using a Pan & Zoom effect to reference the original external high
> resolution file).
>
> After changing the photo order in Infran with drag and drop -- simply
> Select All and then (File > Start Batch Dialog With Selected Files).
> In the Batch Rename settings -- I use the following Name Pattern "###
> $N" (without the quotes) -- which adds a new number to the beginning
> of the original file name.
>
> Then I import the stills into a MC bin at the current project
> resolution -- sorting the shots by name replicates the shot order
> established in Irfan. Select All in the bin and ALT-Drag them to the
> timeline (these will serve as the timeline placeholders). Then I go
> through the (laborious) process of referencing the original external
> high resolution DSLR images in Pan & Zoom (BCC, StageTools, Avid)
> using the retained DSLR image name in the placeholder slug.
>
> Here's Irfan's website:
>
> http://www.irfanview.com/index.htm <http://www.irfanview.com/index.htm>
>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> guanacaa@... wrote:
> >
> > Ah, if only upgrades were an option! I would definitely expand my
> memory, and ramp up my processor speed too!
> > Shirley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blafarm <blafarm@...>
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 11:04 pm
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Image Size Brickwall in Bin Frame View
> >
> >
> > Thank you very much for that response.
> >
> > I guess my memory needs to be rebooted -- or I need to swap it out
> for more RAM.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> guanacaa@ wrote:
> > >
> > > There has always been a limit on how big you can make your
> thumbnails in frame
> > view, and I have no reason to think this has changed. I seem to
> remember it was
> > four iterations of "control/command L" that maxed you out. How
> "comfortable" the
> > resultant size is could be a function of your screen resolution,
> which you
> > probably don't want to change, since it is no doubt optimized to
> properly
> > display the edit interface.
> > > Sorry. I don't know of a way around this.
> > > Shirley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: blafarm <blafarm@>
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 7:46 pm
> > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Image Size Brickwall in Bin Frame View
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm having bit of a problem and hope someone can help.
> > >
> > > I'm working on a 1080p project with a large number of
> high-resolution DSLR
> > > stills. I've imported them into a bin using the project's raster
> size -- to
> > use
> > > as placeholders for moves that will be executed on the original
> camera files
> > > using BCC Pan & Zoom.
> > >
> > > I need to put the shots in "order" in the bin before dragging all
> of them into
> >
> > > the record monitor to make my rough sequence. Unfortunately, I've
> hit a
> > > brickwall in terms of enlarging them in the bin with Ctrl+L. I've
> enlarged
> > the
> > > bin to fill two 1920 x 1200 screens -- but I still can't make the
> thumbnails
> > > large enough to comfortably work with.
> > >
> > > I don't remember there being a size limit in frame view in the
> past. Am I
> > doing
> > > something wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
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