_Series of still images imported to make animation

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January 27, 2020
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I've imported a series of about 20 .PNG files into Ae like I have many times before to make an animation, however now, on some of the images, I'm getting that 'test pattern' as if the images are missing.... (?). I've reopened in Photoshop, resaved with different names, reimported and still the problem persists when I preview ... Any ideas?

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

This is nothing but a simple file numbering error. If you have 1000 images in a sequence the first image must be named someylike Image_0001.png The last would be Image_1000.png.

If you put a leading 0 in the first 9 images you would not have had to import the sequence in two parts. When you have an improperly named image sequence you can automatically rename all of the images in Bridge or several other utilities.

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Rick Gerard

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This is nothing but a simple file numbering error. If you have 1000 images in a sequence the first image must be named someylike Image_0001.png The last would be Image_1000.png.

If you put a leading 0 in the first 9 images you would not have had to import the sequence in two parts. When you have an improperly named image sequence you can automatically rename all of the images in Bridge or several other utilities.