Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Importing and managing footage items
Last updated 12/21/2009
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GIF
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JPEG (JPG, JPE)
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Maya camera data (MA)
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Maya IFF (IFF, TDI; 16 bpc)
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OpenEXR (EXR; 32 bpc)
Note: 3D Channel effect plug-ins from fnord software are included with After Effects to provide access to multiple
layers and channels of OpenEXR files. (See “
Using channels in OpenEXR files
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PCX
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PICT (PCT)
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Pixar (PXR)
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Portable Network Graphics (PNG; 16 bpc)
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Radiance (HDR, RGBE, XYZE; 32 bpc)
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SGI (SGI, BW, RGB; 16 bpc)
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Softimage (PIC)
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Targa (TGA, VDA, ICB, VST)
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TIFF (TIF)
You can import files of any still-image format as a sequence. See “
Preparing and importing still images
Video and animation formats
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Animated GIF (GIF)
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DV (in MOV or AVI container, or as containerless DV stream)
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Electric Image (IMG, EI)
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Filmstrip (FLM)
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FLV, F4V
Note: In general, FLV files contain video and audio data encoded using the On2 VP6 or Sorenson Spark video codec
with the MP3 audio codec, whereas F4V files contain video encoded using the H.264 codec and audio data encoded
using the AAC codec.
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Media eXchange Format (MXF)
Note: MXF is a container format. After Effects can only import some kinds of data contained within MXF files. After
Effects can import the Op-Atom variety used by Panasonic DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO HD video
cameras to record to Panasonic P2 media. After Effects can also import XDCAM HD files in MXF format.
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MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 formats: MPEG, MPE, MPG, M2V, MPA, MP2, M2A, MPV, M2P, M2T, M2TS
(AVCHD), AC3, MP4, M4V, M4A
Note: Some MPEG data formats are stored in container formats with filename extensions that are not recognized by
After Effects; examples include .vob and .mod. In some cases, you can import these files into After Effects after
changing the filename extension to one of the recognized filename extensions. Because of variations in implementation
in these container formats, compatibility is not guaranteed.
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Open Media Framework (OMF; raw media [or essence] only; Windows only)
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PSD file with video layer (requires QuickTime)