To process a movie in Studio Artist you first need to record a paint action sequence. You then use the paint action sequence to process the movie file.
A paint action sequence (or PASeq for short) can be thought of as a processing script that combines together different processing steps to build a complete effect. When PASeq recording is turned on, every action you run in Studio Artist is recorded as a single action step in the PASeq.
There are several studio artist tip tutorial posts that are oriented at beginners getting started with movie processing. These tutorials discuss recording and working with PASeqs in depth. Here are links to a few getting started with movie processing tutorials.
This tip discusses how to process a movie file with a single image operation effect.
This tip discusses processing a movie file with a prebuilt paint action sequence preset.
For some information on more advanced movie processing tutorials check out this post.
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A common problem when getting started with movie processing is building or selecting a PASeq that just processes the contents of the current layer without any reference to the source image.
Studio Artist uses a PASeq to process a movie file. When the movie file is being processed using an action command, each frame of the source movie being processed is loaded in top the source area of Studio Artist.
However, if your PAseq just processes the contents of the current layer, then the movie frames being loaded into the source area are not being processed by the PASeq.
You need to make sure you build or select a PASeq that processes the source image.
Any easy way to fix a PASeq that just processes the current layer, is to record an initial action step in that PASeq that erases the canvas to the source image. So the current layer is first set to the source image, and then that current layer is processed by the remaining action steps in the PASeq.
An alternative approach is to use a first action step that uses the source image as it's input (as opposed to the current layer). So if the first action step was an image operation action step, you could set it's IP Source to be source image as opposed to current layer.
The IP Source setting for an effect determines where the effects input source is coming from.
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Some Studio Artist 4 training videos are located here.
There is an Auto-Rotoscoping section that discusses processing movie files.
A common problem when getting started with movie processing is building or selecting a PASeq that just processes the contents of the current layer without any reference to the source image.
Studio Artist uses a PASeq to process a movie file. When the movie file is being processed using an action command, each frame of the source movie being processed is loaded in top the source area of Studio Artist.
However, if your PAseq just processes the contents of the current layer, then the movie frames being loaded into the source area are not being processed by the PASeq.
You need to make sure you build or select a PASeq that processes the source image.
Any easy way to fix a PASeq that just processes the current layer, is to record an initial action step in that PASeq that erases the canvas to the source image. So the current layer is first set to the source image, and then that current layer is processed by the remaining action steps in the PASeq.
An alternative approach is to use a first action step that uses the source image as it's input (as opposed to the current layer). So if the first action step was an image operation action step, you could set it's IP Source to be source image as opposed to current layer.
The IP Source setting for an effect determines where the effects input source is coming from.