Conversion guides for post-production
Each guide answers one job: the settings to use, why they matter, and how to check the file you deliver. Steps are checked against the current release of Sequency.
Image sequences
How to convert an EXR sequence to ProRes on a Mac
Turn an OpenEXR image sequence into a ProRes 422 or ProRes 4444 movie on macOS, with the right frame rate, alpha and ACES colour, in a few clicks.
6 min readVideo tutorialSet the frame rate, retime and trim an image sequence
Set 23.976, 24, 25 or 29.97 fps, stretch or shorten a sequence to an exact duration, trim to a frame range and renumber output frames from 1001 in Sequency.
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Camera RAW
Convert Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) to ProRes, H.264 or EXR on a Mac without Resolve
Decode Blackmagic RAW with the official Blackmagic RAW SDK and export ProRes, H.264 or scene-linear ACES EXR plates on macOS, without opening DaVinci Resolve.
6 min readConvert ARRIRAW, ARRICORE and ARRI MXF to ProRes or EXR on a Mac
Use the ARRI Image SDK inside Sequency to turn ALEXA ARRIRAW, ARRICORE and MXF clips into ProRes, H.264 or scene-linear EXR plates on macOS.
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Video
Extract an image sequence (PNG, TIFF or EXR) from a video on a Mac
Export every frame of a MOV, MP4, MXF, MKV or camera RAW clip as numbered PNG, TIFF, OpenEXR, TGA or JPEG files on macOS, with frame numbering from 1001.
5 min readHow to open and convert MXF files on a Mac (DNxHD, XDCAM, AVC-Intra, FFV1)
macOS can only play some MXF files. Sequency adds decoders for DNxHD, MPEG-2 IMX, DV50, AVC-Intra and FFV1 MXF and converts them to ProRes, H.264 or image sequences.
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