Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 87)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
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A sequence of still-image files (left) becomes one image sequence when imported into After Effects (right).
See also
“Work with output module settings” on page 599
“Import footage items” on page 50
Import a still-image sequence as a single footage item
1 Choose File > Import > File.
2 Select any file in the sequence. To import a subset of files in a sequence, select the first file, hold down Shift, and
then select the last file to import.
3 Choose Footage from the Import Kind menu.
4 Click Open (Windows) or Import (Mac OS).
5 In the [filename] dialog box, choose one of the following from the Choose Layer menu:
Merged Layers Imports the sequence as a sequence footage item in which the layers in the file, if any, are merged
into one layer.
Choose Layer Imports the sequence as a sequence footage item in which the same layer from each source file—for
example, layer 3—is imported and used in the sequence. If you choose this option for a PSD sequence, then you can
also choose whether to ignore layer styles or merge them into the layer. You must also choose a Footage Dimensions
option: Layer Size matches the dimensions of the layer to the layer’s content; Document Size matches the dimensions
of the layer to the original document’s size.
6 Click OK.
If at any time you decide that you want access to the individual components of the footage item, you can convert it
to a composition. See “Convert a merged footage item into a composition” on page 83.