Image sequence problems in material

[Anonymous]

I`m having problems with materials when I set "image sequence" in the file slot.

The image loads perfectly, but when I enable "image sequence" the image vanishes. The same for Image planes.

I've tried some formats and compressions exportations in After Effects, but none works.

The interesting part: we work with facial mocap capture, and the software (Faceware Analyser) exports any video in image sequences. When I export using Faceware Analyser, Maya reads perfectly the "image sequence" resource.

Could that be some problem with After Effects?

[mspeer]

Hi!

Check the sequence format, for example try frame.001.png instead of frame001.png.

Is there a difference in naming between your Mocap and After Effects sequences?

[Anonymous]

I checked this before, because in some bug report in Maya 2015, this was a issue.

But yes, the frames from mocap and AfterEffects has the same non-alphanumeric characters (underscore, dots, etc)

[mspeer]

Hi!

Are you able to upload a part of the image sequence that doesn't work (3 frames should be enough).

Even 1 image should be enough, i can copy and rename the image.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I solved this mystery, but i`m still confused because the solution is meaningless for me.

I just shortened the file name size (The frame count had 5 decimal places, I cut down to 3)

Someone have any idea of the logic behind this?

Really strange but at least is working 🙂

Thanks for your attention and for your help mspeer (y)

[mspeer]

Hi!

It seems that if you don't use an additional "." as separator you have a limit of four digits like "filename0001.jpg"

If you add an additional "." you can have up to 5 digits like "filename.00001.jpg".

I can't find a note about this limitation, so please

report this problem (bug?) to Autodesk.
Help -> Speak Back -> Report a Problem

or

post a new Idea in the Ideas for Maya forum.

[Anonymous]

You can edit "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2018\scripts\others\getFileSequenceFormats.mel"

to extend the list of frame number padding formats that maya recognizes.

Place a copy in <user>/maya/2018/scripts/ to override the maya install copy.