Composite Node Offset issue

Support Compositing and Post Processing
#1

Im having a small issue with a an Image Sequence Input nodes offset setting.

If Im understanding the Offset correctly Im tyring to set it -100 frames (there by, again assuming my understanding is correct, causing that image sequence to begin 100 frames LATER than it normally would.)

Well when I do the offset that whole image sequence seems to just…stop…get corrupted. itll no longer update on frame change and when I move past my fade wipe to its “new beginning” frame theres nothign there but black. In fact if I scrub back to frame 1 of the whole composite (with frame 1 having a non offset WORKING image sequence) and hit animate, I get nothign but black.

Is the offset causing a corruption or am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: Sorry, using 2.47

#2

[edit]Be warned that this is a hack of sorts. There appear to be other underlying problems with using image sequences in the node editor. This method works for rendering the composite, but sometimes breaks the previews.[/edit] If you want it to start on frame 100, set SFra to 99 and Offset to -1. The -1 ensures that it’s off before then. If you use SFra 100 and Offset 0, the first frame of the sequence will be used until the 100th frame of the scene.

#3

So youre saying the image sequence node itself is the issue.

#4

AH! Koryo my friend. Thank you so much. Your advice helped tremendously!!!