Nodes
Footage
Load a movie clip or image sequence into the graph.
The starting point for most graphs. Loads a Blender movie clip, which can be either a video file or an image sequence.
Using It
Press the folder icon and pick a file. For an image sequence, pick the first frame and Blender works out the rest.
The node tells you what it loaded, and its output changes to match:
| Clip source | Output socket |
|---|---|
| Video File | Video |
| Image Sequence | Image Sequence |
That's automatic. Swap the clip for one of the other kind and the socket follows.
Outputs
Video goes to Convert Footage, which turns it into frames on disk. Most other nodes won't take it.
Image Sequence goes almost anywhere: Auto Track, AI Mask, Lens Distortion, Preview and the rest.
Matching Your Scene
The node compares your scene against the clip and warns you when they disagree.
Set Scene Frames sets the scene frame range from the clip. For image sequences it
reads the numbers in the filenames rather than trusting Blender's frame_start, which
defaults to 1 whatever the files are called.
Set Scene Format matches render resolution, pixel aspect and frame rate to the clip.
Press both before you start working. A scene at the wrong resolution frames the shot differently, and a frame rate mismatch shows up later as CG sliding against the plate.
See Also
Importing Files for the whole input side, including when to convert and why.