Supported import formats – Adobe After Effects User Manual
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Supported import formats
The trial version of After Effects CS5 doesn't include some features that depend on third-party software components that are only included
in the full version of After Effects. The import and export of some formats are not supported in the trial version: AVC-Intra, AVCHD, HDV, MPEG-2,
MPEG-2 DVD, MPEG-2 Blu-ray, and XDCAM. The trial version for Adobe After Effects CS5.5 and later includes all codecs that are in the full
version.
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Some filename extensions—such as MOV, AVI, MXF, FLV, and F4V—denote container file formats rather than denoting a specific audio, video, or
image data format. Container files can contain data encoded using various compression and encoding schemes. After Effects can import these
container files, but the ability to import the data that they contain is dependent on which codecs (specifically, decoders) are installed.
By installing additional codecs, you can extend the ability of After Effects to import additional file types. Many codecs must be installed into the
operating system (Windows or Mac OS) and work as a component inside the QuickTime or Video for Windows formats. Contact the manufacturer
of your hardware or software for more information about codecs that work with the files that your specific devices or applications create.
Importing and using some files requires the installation of additional import plug-ins. (See Plug-ins.)
Adobe Premiere Pro can capture and import many formats that After Effects can’t import natively. You can bring data from Adobe Premiere Pro
into After Effects in many ways. (See Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.)
For workflow guides and updates for P2, RED, XDCAM, AVCCAM, and DSLR cameras and footage, see the
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codecs, containers, and formats and shows how to get information about
source files and footage items.
Audio formats
Adobe Sound Document (ASND; multi-track files imported as merged single track)
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC, M4A)
Audio Interchange File Format (AIF, AIFF)
MP3 (MP3, MPEG, MPG, MPA, MPE)
Video for Windows (AVI; requires QuickTime on Mac OS)
Waveform (WAV)
Still-image formats
Adobe Illustrator (AI, AI4, AI5, EPS, PS; continuously rasterized)
Adobe PDF (PDF; first page only; continuously rasterized)
Adobe Photoshop (PSD)
Bitmap (BMP, RLE, DIB)
Camera raw (TIF, CRW, NEF, RAF, ORF, MRW, DCR, MOS, RAW, PEF, SRF, DNG, X3F, CR2, ERF)
Cineon/DPX (CIN, DPX; 10 bpc)
Discreet RLA/RPF (RLA, RPF; 16 bpc; imports camera data)
EPS
GIF
JPEG (JPG, JPE)
Maya camera data (MA)
Maya IFF (IFF, TDI; 16 bpc)
OpenEXR (EXR, SXR, MXR; 32 bpc)
PICT (PCT)
Portable Network Graphics (PNG; 16 bpc)
Radiance (HDR, RGBE, XYZE; 32 bpc)
SGI (SGI, BW, RGB; 16 bpc)
Softimage (PIC)
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