Load multiple images for slideshow

[Peng]

Hello all,

i am trying to create a bpm synced image slideshow in Arena.
I tried several ideas already but couldn't get there yet.

Its a really simple idea: on every beat comes a new image.
Bonus would be overlapping / crossfade effects of the blend mode

Is that maybe doable in Wire?

[Arvol]

This is currently achievable using the BPM transport method for your images and autopilot.

[Peng]

Thank you Arvol, i have tried the autopilot in this regard already but didnt get it snappy.
Could you please send me an example of your method?

[Peng]

I just figured what you mean and yes, this is a way to do it.
It is a bit tricky to control but it works
Thank you.

[Arvol]

phpBB [video]

[Peng]

Cheers for that link, editing the whole layer at once is a big help here!

[Zoltán]

Converting the images to DXV should help a lot with responsiveness
If you use Alley, you get 1 frame DXV files from image input.

[Peng]

Thank you Zoltán that resolved the chopping!

[Peng]

I just found this in the Alley manual:
Image Sequences
You can use Alley to convert an image sequence into a video.

Save your sequence in a separate folder, and make sure each image is named sequentially. Next, drag the folder in to Alley. Alley will see that the files are supposed to be a sequence and will display, cue and convert them as a single file.

But when i convert 5 images into a sequence, only one image is playing in the resulting .mov.
After loading the images in Alley, it does say "Image Sequence" but even in the preview i can only see one image, no matter where i move the playhead to.
Files are named image 001, image 002, ...
Anybody here knows how to make an image sequence that plays all images in one file?

[Zoltán]

Image sequences are a special pack of image files.
Only they need to be in a folder, and they have to be named sequentially.
But this will make 1 video with 1 image as 1 frame, 30 images will be 30 frames in this video.

If you'd like to do a slideshow, with fading and timing options, individual files is what you're looking for, like in Arvol's video.