Grass Valley After Effects Plug-in Vertigo Suite v.4.9 - Manual (Page 21)

3-6 After Effects Plug-in User Manual
Miranda Animation (Merge Mode) option
Also note that once the project name is specified, all subsequent blank rows will use the
same project file until another file is specified (e.g. rows 3 and 4 will both use project 2).
When using the Miranda Animation Merge Mode option to transcode Targa (TGA)
sequences, the first column in the spreadsheet must still be named P
ROJECT N AME , but it
must contain the entire path to the first frame of the Targa sequence on disk (figure 3-6 ).
See “Transcoding TGA sequences into animation and/or video files” on page 3-13 for more
information.
Figure 3-6. Example of the Project Name column for transcoding TGA Sequences
Output File Name column
The second column in the spreadsheet must be named O UTPUT F ILE N AME . This column
specifies the name and file format of the animation and/or video clip that will be created
during the batch export (figure
3-7 ).
Figure 3-7. Example of the second column in the spreadsheet required for Merge Mode
The suffix of the file name specifies the type of animation or video file to be created. Valid
file types are:
• .vaf - VAF animation files for Intuition XG and Vertigo XG devices
• .oxi - OXI animation files for Intuition Classic devices
• .oxa - OXA animation files for ImageStore 750 and LGK -3901 devices
• .mxf - MXF video files for HMP-1801 devices
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The After Effects Plug-in can also embed a .VAF inside an .OXI or .OXA file by enabling a
setting within the Oxtel Export Options. This allows the asset to be used on Intuition
Classic, Intuition XG, and Vertigo XG devices. See
“Embed VAF in OXI” on page 2-6 .
By default, the animation or video file is saved to the location (directory or XMS) specified
in the O
UTPUT field of the E XPORT M IRANDA A NIMATION dialog box (see page 3-1 ).
If, however, the file is required to be saved into a different directory, this can be specified
either in a directory relative to the O
UTPUT D IRECTORY , or as an absolute path. Figure 3-8