Hey everyone! 👋
I was just exploring Pika's docs and discovered something that blew my mind. I always thought you could only feed it a single still image to animate. Turns out, you can actually use a *sequence of images* as input! This is perfect for refining an existing animation or creating more consistent, longer scenes.
For example, I tried this with a simple script to generate a sequence:
```bash
# Quick example of preparing a sequence (using placeholder filenames)
# pika.input.sequence = ["frame_001.png", "frame_002.png", "frame_003.png"]
```
It seems to understand the progression between frames much better than starting from a single image. Has anyone else tried this? I'd love to hear about your workflow or any tips for getting the best results with image sequences. Still so much to learn!
Oh that's actually super helpful. I've been trying to animate some data viz exports from a pipeline and the results from a single chart image were... jumpy. This could smooth things out a lot.
Do you know if the sequence has a recommended frame rate or limit on how many images you can use? I'm wondering if I could feed it a dozen chart frames from a time series.
Also, total side note, but seeing that pika.input.sequence example makes me think I should really learn bash for automating stuff like frame renaming. I'm still stuck in Python script land for everything.
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