Automatic processing of matching image sequences

[Starbase1]

OK, so I know how to process a folder of images.

But what I want to do is to process image sequences, operating on images with the same number.

An example will probably make this a lot clearer.

I have two image sequences, A-001 to A-0100, and B-001 to B-0100

What I want to do is take each B-nnn image, and paste it onto the corresponding A-nnn image, in screen mode.

There are other operations, but they all come down to combining the matching images from image sequences.

Is this possible in Affinity Photo please?

[David in Яuislip]

Well, this does my understanding of your requirement:

Change the numbering from  A-001 to A-0100, and B-001 to B-0100
to 001A to 100A, 001B to 100B

Create a File\New Stack
Load the files - 1st column in the image below
Select all the layers in the group and do Arrange\Move Outside - 2nd column in the image below
Delete the Live Stack Group at the bottom
Select the top layer and run the attached macro until you get to the bottom of the stack - 3rd column in the image below

Use the Export Persona to get the layers out as files

abScreenMerge.afmacro

[Old Bruce]

11 minutes ago, David in Яuislip said:

Well, this does my understanding of your requirement:

...

Brilliant.

Beats my idea of convincing several tiny relatives to sit there and do the work because it is a (FUN) learning experience. Myself, I am running out of tiny relatives, waiting on the newly older ones to start making some new tiny people.

[David in Яuislip]

4 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Brilliant.

I've learnt a lot more from your posts than you're likely to learn from mine, cheers

[Starbase1]

42 minutes ago, David in Яuislip said:

Well, this does my understanding of your requirement:

Change the numbering from  A-001 to A-0100, and B-001 to B-0100
to 001A to 100A, 001B to 100B

Create a File\New Stack
Load the files - 1st column in the image below
Select all the layers in the group and do Arrange\Move Outside - 2nd column in the image below
Delete the Live Stack Group at the bottom
Select the top layer and run the attached macro until you get to the bottom of the stack - 3rd column in the image below

Use the Export Persona to get the layers out as files

abScreenMerge.afmacro 721 B · 0 downloads

Brilliant!

It also sounds like I need to hunt down a proper tutorial on stacks, if they are this powerful...

I'm actually trying to leverage the image processing power of Affinity to do clever things with animations that seem confined to highly expensive rent-dont-buy applications, and this looks like just the trick.

Thanks,

Nick

 

[telemax]

In HitFilm Express, it is possible to import frame sequences, as well as different blending modes.