Hello All,

I retimed a cached sequence with a timeshift node. I am trying to camera project a sequence onto the geometry, using the same frame# as the timeshift node.
1) I tried to paste the channel reference where I'd normally set the $F. - It gives correct result except it adds an asterix before the image format. For instance: imagename.0210.*.jpg

2) I created a variable “shiftedtime” but it just appends the filename with the string of the channel reference added. For instance: imagename.chs("../../../obj/retime_sequence/timeshift1/frame")`.jpg
I am sure I am just not reference my variable correctly or missing some syntax.

you missed the other backtick:
if you need it padded (your frame numbers look like 0023):

If the frame variable is fractional, you will have to deal with that by rounding it or casting it to integer.