Importing still images – Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx User Manual
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Importing still images
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Preparing still images before importing
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Import images as an image sequence
You can import individual still images into Premiere Pro or import a series of still images as a sequence. You can import still images from Adobe
applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator. For information about the still-image formats that Premiere Pro imports, see File formats supported
for import.
An imported still image uses the duration specified in the Still Image preferences. You can change the duration of a still image in a sequence.
The maximum frame size that can be imported for still images and movies is 256 megapixels, with a maximum dimension of 32,768 pixels in either
direction. For more information,
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Preparing still images before importing
Before you import a still image into Premiere Pro, prepare it as completely as possible to reduce rendering time. It’s usually easier and faster to
prepare a file in its original application. Consider doing the following:
Make sure that the file format is supported by the operating system you plan to use.
Set the pixel dimensions to the resolution you will use in Premiere Pro. If you plan to scale the image over time, set image dimensions that
provide enough detail at the largest size the image has in the project.
For best results, create files with a frame size at least as large as the frame size of the project so that you don’t have to scale up the image in
Premiere Pro. Scaling an image larger than its original size can cause loss of sharpness. If you plan to scale up an image, prepare it at a
larger frame size than the project’s. For example, if you plan to scale up an image 200%, prepare the image at double the project frame size
before you import it.
Crop the parts of the image that you don’t want to be visible in Premiere Pro.
If you want to designate areas as transparent, create an alpha channel or use the transparency tools in applications such as Photoshop or
Illustrator.
If final output will be shown on standard television screens, avoid using thin horizontal lines (such as 1-pixel lines) for images or text. These
may flicker as a result of interlacing. If you must use thin lines, add a slight blur so that the lines appear in both video fields. See
Save the file using the correct naming convention. For example, if you plan to import the file into Premiere Pro in Windows, use a three-
character filename extension.
When you prepare still images in applications that support color management, such as Photoshop, colors may appear more consistent
between the application and Premiere Pro if you prepare images in a video-friendly color space, such as sRGB or NTSC RGB.
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
You can import files from Adobe Photoshop 3.0 or later, or from Adobe Illustrator. You can control how layered files are imported. Empty
(transparent) areas of nonflattened files are transparent when imported into Premiere Pro, because the transparency is stored as an alpha channel.
This lets you import graphics and superimpose them over clips in other tracks with no extra effort.
You can import layered Photoshop files either with selected layers imported as individual clips into a bin, with selected layers imported as individual
clips into a bin and sequence, or with selected layers merged into a single video clip.
Also, you can import Photoshop files that contain video or animations if they are saved from Photoshop in timeline animation mode.
Individual layers moved from a Photoshop composition into a Premiere Pro project may not behave as expected.
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