Uwe Lansing
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Where is it gone? In CS3 it was still there...
Thx in advance
Thx in advance
PP CS4 - Export as Filmstrip?
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Uwe Lansing
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Yes, Tiff, Bmp... sequences are an option. But it´s not the same. With a filmstrip one have the advantage of applying effects in Photoshop by one click for the whole Video. With a Tiff-Sequence is only one frame affected...
Uwe Lansing
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Yes, you have to convert it into a smart object - but then you can only use a small number of filters + effects. With a filmstrip one could apply eveything...
Uwe Lansing
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... like third party plugins of Nik Software, onOne, Picture Code... and take a look at the Picture Menu. But the most important question for me is: Why the heck did they kick out this "Filmstrip"? Is there any important reason for that?
nickdclements
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filmstrip.flm is still alive and well in Adobe AfterEffects CS4.
While a majority of the things you use-to do with .flm files can now be done with greater ease, and at incomparable speeds, simply by opening the video clip in Photoshop, I do agree that there are still a few uses for filmstrips, like perhaps drawing crazy lines across the filmstrip, a pretty unique effect usually achieved by actually drawing on real, clear film.
However, almost any Photoshop effect that you can apply to an image can be achieved, one way or another, on video in AfterEffects. Now, while it is always best to keep all the old/outdated formats to make the program as ‘back compatible’ as possible, (I know I still have some .flm files from back in the day hogging up space on my hard drive that I convince myself I will need to open again, assuming they are not corrupted*) I have no problem with Adobe discontinuing .flm support in Premiere CS4 and keeping it solely in Aftereffects, as it is much more appropriate file for Ae over Pr.
*for those who don't know, filmstrip files are huge, they can only be a few seconds long to have any chance of working, that take forever to open, even longer to save… if they ever do, and they will get corrupted at the drop of a hat... or at least they use to, maybe they have made some improvements. One thing that does appear to have changed is the frame data, I’m pretty sure there were frame numbers for each frame at the bottom of the film strip, all the data seems to be gone in CS3-CS4....... Nope, never mind, that appears to only be true for Premiere CS3, AfterEffects CS4 outputs filmstrips with frame numbers perfectly.
So there you go, with CS4 simply jump over to aftereffect whenever you need to do filmstrip work an all is well with the world.
Try AfterEffects
filmstrip.flm is still alive and well in Adobe AfterEffects CS4.
While a majority of the things you use-to do with .flm files can now be done with greater ease, and at incomparable speeds, simply by opening the video clip in Photoshop, I do agree that there are still a few uses for filmstrips, like perhaps drawing crazy lines across the filmstrip, a pretty unique effect usually achieved by actually drawing on real, clear film.
However, almost any Photoshop effect that you can apply to an image can be achieved, one way or another, on video in AfterEffects. Now, while it is always best to keep all the old/outdated formats to make the program as ‘back compatible’ as possible, (I know I still have some .flm files from back in the day hogging up space on my hard drive that I convince myself I will need to open again, assuming they are not corrupted*) I have no problem with Adobe discontinuing .flm support in Premiere CS4 and keeping it solely in Aftereffects, as it is much more appropriate file for Ae over Pr.
*for those who don't know, filmstrip files are huge, they can only be a few seconds long to have any chance of working, that take forever to open, even longer to save… if they ever do, and they will get corrupted at the drop of a hat... or at least they use to, maybe they have made some improvements. One thing that does appear to have changed is the frame data, I’m pretty sure there were frame numbers for each frame at the bottom of the film strip, all the data seems to be gone in CS3-CS4....... Nope, never mind, that appears to only be true for Premiere CS3, AfterEffects CS4 outputs filmstrips with frame numbers perfectly.
So there you go, with CS4 simply jump over to aftereffect whenever you need to do filmstrip work an all is well with the world.