Exporting Still Images or Image Sequences

There might be times when you want to export only a single frame or groups of frames from your movie. Premiere allows you to quickly and easily select the desired frame or group of frames and save it to your hard drive. The frame that is exported is the frame you are parked on, where your playback bar is currently positioned. This frame can be from your source monitor or your edit monitor (timeline view). Use Mark In and Mark Out points in your clip or timeline to select the duration of frames you want exported. Keep in mind that exporting from your edit monitor can carry through any filters or layering applied to your timeline as it appears onscreen if you want it to.

To export a single video frame, do the following:

1. Position the playback bar on the frame you want to export.

2. Select File > Export Timeline.

3. Select Frame from the pop-up menu, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-M (Windows) or Command-Shift-M (Macintosh). The Export Still Frame window appears.

4. Click the Settings button in the lower-right portion of the window.

5. Select the type of file you want to export from the General settings option in the Export Still Frame Settings window, shown in Figure 10.20.

   Figure 10.20. The General settings option window for exporting still frames.

   

6. Click OK.

7. Name the file, and save it in the location you choose.

8. Click Save.

Premiere can export the following:

• TIFF

• Targa

• Bitmap (Windows)

• GIF

• PICT (Macintosh)

To export a sequential series of frames, do the following:

1. Add Mark In and Mark Out points in your timeline, starting with the first frame you want to export and ending with the last frame.

2. Select File > Export Timeline.

3. Select Movie from the pop-up menu, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-M (Windows) or Command-M (Macintosh). The Export Movie window appears.

4. Click the Settings button in the lower-right portion of the window.

5. Select the type of file you want to export from the General settings option in the Export Movie Settings window.

6. Click OK.

7. Name the file, and save it in the location you choose.

8. Click Save.

Premiere can export the following:

• TIFF Sequence

• Targa Sequence

• Bitmap Sequence (Windows)

• GIF Sequence

• Flc file

• Filmstrip

• Animated GIF

• Pict Sequence (Macintosh)