Field Rendered Images are images in a sequence of images designed for video playback on NTSC devices. Each field, or image, contains only 1/2 of a full frame, and each field is stored in a separate file. Rendering images in this manner can be helpful when designing animations that will be played back on NTSC devices. However, to view these images on a computer screen, or to transfer them to certain other computer programs, you need to reassemble them into full images. When this happens, you end up with 1/2 as many files, and each file has twice as much data.
- Select File > New Sequence from the main menu.
- Click Define on the line that reads Even Field Sequence. The Define Sequence dialog appears.
- Click Browse and select the first file for your animation.
- After selecting the file, the Define Sequence dialog automatically updates its fields with the correct information for your animation. The first few filenames that are read appear under Sequence File Names.
- Click OK to complete your sequence definition. For more help on this dialog, see Define Sequence Dialog.
- Click Define on the line that reads Output Frame Sequence.
- Another Define Sequence dialog appears. You can click Browse and select a directory and name to use. If you include a number in this name, it is used as the first frame number. If you edit the Filename field directly, the '#' symbol indicates where the frame number is positioned. As you change the options, you can see how the name changes under Sequence File Names.
- Click Go to begin assembling the images.