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Preparing and Importing Source Clips
Importing an animation or still-image sequence
Premiere can import an animation contained in a single file, such as an animated GIF.
(An animation is different from a video in that it is generated synthetically, not by
shooting live action.) Premiere can also import a sequence of numbered still-image files
and automatically combine them into a single clip; each numbered file represents one
frame. Some programs
can generate a series of numbered sequence of still images, such
as Adobe After Effects and Adobe Dimensions.® Images in a still-image sequence cannot
include layers, so flatten images that will be part of a sequence. For information on layers
and flattening, see the documentation for the application that created the file.
Premiere can import Adobe Illustrator (.AI), Adobe Photoshop (.PSD), Filmstrip (.FLM),
animated Graphics Interchange Format (.GIF), Macintosh Picture (PICT), Targa (.TGA),
and TIFF (.TIF), sequences. In addition, the Windows version can import Autodesk
Animation (.FLC, .FLI), and Windows Bitmap (.BMP) sequences, and the Mac OS version
can import PICS animations.
To import numbered still-image files and compile them into a single clip:
1 Do one of the following:
• In Windows, make sure each still-image filename has the correct file extension, and make
sure all filenames in the sequence contain an equal number of digits at the end of the filename,
but before the filename extension—for example, file000.bmp, file001.bmp, and so on.
• In Mac OS, make sure all filenames in the sequence contain a suffix of a period followed by
an equal number of digits—for example, File.000, File.001, and so on. You may insert a space
between the period and the file number—for example, File. 000, File. 001, and so on.
2 Choose File > Import > File.
3 Locate and select the first numbered file in the sequence, and select Import Numbered
Stills. Then click Open.
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