Premiere Pro numbers the files automatically.
To export a series of still images:
1
Choose File > Export > Movie.
2
Click Settings.
3
For File Type, choose a still-image sequence format. If you choose a movie format or
Animate GIF, all the frames will be in one file.
4
Choose the frames to export from the Range menu.
5
Click Video, and specify options.
6
Click Keyframe and Rendering, specify options, and then click OK.
7
Specify a location to which you want to export all of the still-image files. It’s usually best
to specify an empty folder set aside so that the sequence files don’t become mixed with
other files.
8
To set the sequence numbering, type a numbered filename. To specify the number of
digits in the filename, determine how many digits will be 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 filename to have five digits, type Car000 for the first filename
(the remaining files will automatically be named Car00001, Car00002, ..., Car00020).
9
Click OK to export the still-image sequence.
Exporting a filmstrip file for editing in Adobe Photoshop
When you want to edit a clip in Adobe Photoshop, you can export to the Filmstrip format,
which was specifically created for this purpose. The Filmstrip format is useful when you
want to paint directly on video frames, a process known as
rotoscoping
.
Adobe After Effects is an even more effective tool for rotoscoping. Using After Effects,
you can paint on frames of video rather than paint a filmstrip file in Adobe Photoshop.
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A filmstrip is a single file that contains all the frames of the clip. If your computer doesn’t
have enough memory to enable Photoshop to load the filmstrip file, consider exporting
the clip as numbered still images instead so you can edit each frame as a separate file
(see
“Exporting clips as still images” on page 301). A filmstrip opens in Photoshop as a series
of
frames in a column, with each frame labeled by number, reel name, and timecode. If the
column created by the filmstrip frames is more than 30,000 pixels tall, the frames continue
in a second column. This size limitation is the maximum image dimension that Photoshop
can handle. The number of frames displayed depends on the duration of the clip and the
frame rate selected when the filmstrip was exported from Adobe Premiere Pro.
When editing a filmstrip in Photoshop, use the following guidelines for best results:
•
You can paint on the gray lines dividing the frames of the filmstrip. It won’t hurt the file,
but Adobe Premiere Pro will display only the part of each frame that lies within the
frame border.
•
You can edit the red, green, blue, and alpha channels in the filmstrip file. However, use
only channel 4 as the alpha channel; other alpha channels are not recognized.
•
Do not resize or crop the filmstrip.
If you simply want to export a single frame, you don’t need to use the Filmstrip format.
Instead, export a single still frame. See “Exporting a still image” on page 300.
To export a clip as a filmstrip:
1
Choose File > Export > Movie.
2
Click Settings.
