ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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Exporting still-image sequences
Movies are the type of output most useful for easy previewing. However, a sequence of still images from a compo-
sition can be used for movie-making and desktop presentations. You can use a sequence of stills in the following
ways:
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Transfer frames to film using a film recorder.
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Create still images for high-end video systems.
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Create still images and use them in a presentation.
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Select images for publishing or creating storyboards.
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Export source images for a graphics program in which the images can be edited or retouched and imported back
into Premiere Pro as footage items.
To export a series of still images
You can export a clip or sequence as a sequence of still images, with each frame as a separate still image file. This can
be useful to move a clip to animation and three dimensional applications that do not import video file formats, or
for use in animation programs that require a still image sequence. When you export a still-image sequence, Adobe
Premiere Pro numbers the files automatically.
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Choose File > Export > Movie.
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Click Settings.
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For File Type, choose a still-image sequence format (Windows Bitmap, GIF, Targa, or TIFF). If you choose a movie
format or Animated GIF, all the frames will be in one file.
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Choose the frames to export from the Range menu.
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Click Video, and specify options.
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Click Keyframe And Rendering, specify options, and then click OK.
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Specify a location to which you want to export all of the still-image files. It’s usually best to specify an empty folder
so that the sequence files don’t become mixed with other files.
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To set the sequence numbering, type a numbered file name. To specify the number of digits in the file name,
determine how many digits are required to number the frames, and then add any additional zeroes you want. For
example, if you want to export 20 frames and you want the file name to have five digits, type Car000 for the first file
name (the remaining files are automatically named Car00001, Car00002,...Car00020).
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Click OK to export the still-image sequence.
To export a still image
You can export any frame as a still image file.
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Choose File > Export > Frame.
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Click Settings.
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Choose a format for File Type. Click Compile Settings for the file type you chose (if available), specify options,
and click OK. For the Compile Settings available for Compuserve GIF, see “To export a GIF or animated GIF” on
page 379.
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Click Video, and specify options.
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Click OK to close the Export Still Frame Settings dialog box.
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Specify a location and file name, and then click OK.