<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_5_7_3.html" title="About conformed audio files">Previous</a> | <a href="1_5_7_5.html" title=" Changing the duration of a still image">Next</a> | <a href="1_5_0_0.html">Capturing Video and Adding Files</a> > <a href="1_5_7_0.html">Adding files</a></div><h4 class="head2">Adding an animation or still-image sequence</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">You can add an animation contained in a single file, such as an animated GIF. An <span class="Emphasis">animation</span> is different from a video in that the frames in an animation are drawn as graphics and, therefore, are not scenes of live action, as in conventional digital video. Adobe Premiere Elements can also add a sequence of numbered still-image files and automatically combine them into a single clip; each numbered file represents one frame. Some applications, such as Adobe After Effects®, can generate a numbered sequence of still images. Images in a still-image sequence cannot include layers, so you need to flatten images that will be part of a sequence. For information on layers and flattening, see the documentation for the application that created the file.</p><p class="note"><span class="bold">Note:</span> Changing the default duration of still images in the Preferences dialog box does not affect the duration of still images that are part of a sequence.</p><p class="paragraph">When creating three-dimensional images or animations for use in Adobe Premiere Elements, use the following guidelines whenever possible: </p><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">Use broadcast-safe colors. Most applications that create animations (such as Adobe After Effects) allow you to check for broadcast-safe colors. Refer to your application's documentation for more information.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Use the pixel aspect ratio and frame size specified in the project settings in Adobe Premiere Elements. </li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Use the appropriate field settings to match your project. (See <a href="1_5_7_2.html">Processing interlaced video fields</a>.)</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">If you're using an Adobe application to generate the sequence, select the Embed Project Link option so that you can open the sequence in the application that was used to create it.</li></ul></ol><p class="headstep">To add numbered still-image files and compile them into a single clip:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Make sure that each still-image file name has the correct file extension, and make sure that all file names in the sequence contain an equal number of digits at the end of the file name (before the file name extension)--for example, <span class="Emphasis">file000.bmp</span>, <span class="Emphasis">file001.bmp</span>, and so forth.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Choose File > Add Media.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Locate and select the first numbered still in the sequence and, below the Files of Type menu, select Numbered Stills, and click Open. When Numbered Stills is selected, Adobe Premiere Elements interprets all of the numbered files as a single sequence.</li></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_5_7_3.html" title="About conformed audio files">Previous</a> | <a href="1_5_7_5.html" title=" Changing the duration of a still image">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_5_0_0.html">Capturing Video and Adding Files</a> > <a href="1_5_7_0.html">Adding files</a></div></td></tr></table>
