Maya 2011 Attach Video to Plane Tutorial by Stuart Christensen

In order to use video footage inside of Maya you need to convert your video to an image sequence first. The process is simple if you know how. In this tutorial by Stuart Christensen, you will convert a .MOV or .AVI file into an image sequence using MPEGstreamclip, an amazing, free, "must have" application for doing stuff like this. After you create the image sequence you can easily attach it to a Lambert Shader as an image sequence. Imagine the possibilities! STU

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• 2011
• Stuart
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• Plane
• Attach
• deepfriedectoplasm

[melkiejosh]

hello sir, have a good day! I use virtual dub when converting into an image sequence..

the probe is that when i click the image sequence box.. the plane turns into black.. I tried jpg, png. tiff, iff, bmp, targa. almost every format but still got the script something like this " file doesn't exist.. thanks in advance and keep on helping people.. Godbless, sir! :)

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@melkiejosh Honestly I wish I could help you but I have absolutely no clue about that one. My guess is that Virtual dub does not support image sequences that contain an alpha channel....For the love of all things sacred, please move up to a "real editing program" if you are going to continue in the graphics realm. You will benefit greatly from good software. Sorry I can't be of more help on this one!

[kehcowan]

Hi! I'm, trying to import my JPEG sequence but Maya is telling me the file does not exist. Do you know why this is?

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@kehcowan Not a clue, it's very hard to isolate something like that without being there. It's usually something simple. Try placing the folder with the image sequence in you default images folder inside of Maya and remember to just click on the first image in the sequence (don't highlight all). As well, Maya likes image sequence that have an underscore (name_frame#_extension). Just a thought, hope that helps.

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@kehcowan Just a quick note from Deepfriedectoplasm. If you are exporting from After Effects make SURE! that you name the image sequence exactly like this Compname.###.JPG For some reason Maya only likes it like this. Try to avoid underscores in the name. This method works well for stuff exported from After effects, however I can use underscores with good results so not sure which will work for you.

[GleamAndGlimmer]

Fantastic! Thank you! You really making me think outside the box!

Question for you: how do you like Maya for Mac? Does it run better than for windows? I want to get into this professionally and I am not sure whether to get it for the Mac or Windows.

A MILLION thanks! Please, keep these videos coming! They are EXACTLY what I need until I can afford a formal education!

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@GleamAndGlimmer Maya is awesome on the Mac as well as PC. I run it on both and the best thing about the PC is that you really have a lot more choices as far as graphics card go. The downside is that most off the shelf PC's need a better graphics card (Nvidia is best choice) which can push the cost to the level of what a standard new iMac can give you out of the box. Check out all my tutorials on my channel and they will provide you with all the essential training! Thanks for the kind words!

[zsquaresoff]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. You saved me a lot of time going thro many softwares just to get an image sequence.

[ArzhAngel]

@melkiejosh

The file that are converted into image seg. normaly have:

name_seg.ext

you will have to rename it like this, for maya:

name.seg.ext

Hope it helps

[Ioxna]

@melkiejosh Same Issue

[melkiejosh]

Greetings, sir! :) i am very much grateful.. I never stop looking for the alpha channel you had told me.. that was the key I had thought yesterday.. I found it in virtual dub.. i chose color depth and clicked the alpha channel.. thank you so much for all the help and tuts, sir.. I have really learned a lot from you, in fact i frequently download almost your video tutorials.. hehe

[melkiejosh]

@deepfriedectoplasm thank you so much for the suggestion sir! before i used virtual dub, i tried quicktime alternative windows version.. but when i was about to convert it into an image sequence.. the program wasn't responding.. i tried this several times but got still the same prob.. I'm running windows 7 32 bit.. anyway.. can you suggest any good editing software? :) thanks a lot sir!