Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 - Preparing Files; Supported Video and Animation File Formats; Supported Video Project File Formats

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
User Guide
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• Targa (TGA, VDA, ICB, VST)
• TIFF (TIF; 16 bpc in Standard, 16 and 32 bpc in Professional)
You can import files of any still-image format as a sequence. See “About still-image sequences” on page 75.
Supported video and animation file formats
You can import any of the following types of video and animation files:
• Animated GIF (GIF; requires QuickTime)
• ElectricImage (IMG, EIZ)
• FLC/FLI
• Filmstrip (FLM)
• Macromedia Flash (SWF; requires QuickTime)
• MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (Windows only), MPEG-4 (requires QuickTime) (MPG)
• Open Media Framework (OMF; raw media [or essence] only)
• QuickTime (MOV; 16 bpc, requires QuickTime)
• Video for Windows (AVI, WAV)
You can import 10-bpc uncompressed YUV AVI files created in Adobe Premiere Pro into 16-bpc RGB After Effects
projects. You can also render with 10-bpc YUV compression; see “Video for Windows compression options” on
page 622.
• Windows Media File (WMV; Windows only)
Supported video project file formats
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Advanced Authoring Format (AAF)
• Adobe Premiere 6.0 and 6.5 (PPJ)
• Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 (PRPROJ)
For additional information, go to Adobe Studio on the Adobe website.
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See also
“Supported file formats for output” on page 590
Preparing files
To reduce rendering time and increase performance, you may want to prepare footage before you import it into After
Effects. First decide which media to use for your finished movies, and then determine the best settings with which
to create your source material. For example, if you are rendering your project to videotape, create footage at an image
size, color bit-depth, and frame rate that produce the best image quality on videotape. Likewise, if your project is
intended for streaming video on the Web, the image size, color bit-depth, and frame rate may need to be reduced to
work with the data-rate limits of streaming video on the Web. However, any footage item that can be imported can
be used in any composition.