Convert an eDrawings File (.eprt) to AVI for Premiere Pro Editing

[foochuck]

My client has supplied me with an eDrawings file (.eprt) - it's a rendered file from AutoCAD showing a 3d layout of a drawing.

I'd like to somehow convert this file to AVI or a video file compatible with Premiere Pro CS3.

Has anyone ever done this conversion before?

If not, any suggestions? I don't have any save as or export options for the .eprt file....I might need to do a video screen capture.

If I do need to do a screen capture, any suggestions on something to use that captures 3d animation into AVI and is free?

[foochuck]

Bump!

[SLK001]

There is a program call "eDrawings Viewer" that I have used to view Autocad drawings and it says that it can even view .eprt files. It can be downloaded from here: http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/pages/programs/download/index.html.

You might be able to export individual frames, or even use an ALT-PRTSCRN to capture them one-at-a-time. Once done, you can import them into Premiere as an image sequence (or use an AVISynth script to do the same).

[foochuck]

There are a lot of frames to capture. Can that be done automatically with AVI Synth? If so, do you have a script for that function?

[SLK001]

If it can be READ by AVISynth, converting the video to anything is no problem. However, most of these proprietary programs don't use DirectDraw filters, so you are a prisoner of the proprietary program's import/export capabilities.

As a last resort, I would single-step through the video and do a screen capture, frame-by-frame. It sucks, but it works very well.

[foochuck]

Thanks SLK.

[foochuck]

I haven't been able to find a way to move forward a frame at a time with this software to do screen captures. Can anyone recommend a video screen capture program I can use to capture the visuals from this program? I will be using the video in Premiere Pro DV Widescreen format.

[SLK001]

Why don't you post a link to your video so others could see exactly what your problems are?

[foochuck]

It's not a video file, it's an exe file.

[SLK001]

Why don't you post a link to your [s:c8a4159e4c]video[/s:c8a4159e4c] .exe file so others could see exactly what your problems are?