I messed around for an hour and the batch renaming function seems solid.
However, I can't seem to drag and drop the images into my desired order (the program seems to have very defined sorting rules) -- and I can't seem to enlarge, rebuild or refresh the thumbnails to be any larger than Avid's Frame View Bin limitation (the file name bar below the image gets larger -- but not the thumbnail.
I read the help files...but maybe I'm still doing something wrong.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Dawkins <dawk2@...> wrote:
>
> 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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