Preparing and Importing Footage

How After Effects works with imported files
File formats supported for import by After Effects
Preparing a still-image file for import into After Effects
Using interpretation rules
Importing files into a project
Importing a sequence of still-image files
Importing footage containing an alpha channel
Importing Adobe Photoshop files
Importing an Adobe Illustrator, PDF, or EPS file
Importing an After Effects project
Importing Adobe Premiere projects
Importing 3D-image files
Importing an audio file
Importing Cineon files
Preparing motion footage for import
Using interlaced video in After Effects
About 3:2 pulldown
Removing 3:2 or 24Pa pulldown from video transferred from film or DV cameras
About D1, DV, and various pixel aspect ratio footage
Setting pixel aspect ratio
Importing DDR-based footage
Setting up frames and fields for DDR-based footage