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Inspiring
April 7, 2021
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How to animate image sequences but show all frames in a stack?

  • April 7, 2021
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I'm not sure how to describe this properly, but I have an imge sequence made from transparent PNGs that have sketch lines on them and I want to make an animation out of them. The usual image sequence goes from one frame to the next but what I want instead is for every frame to sort of build on top of the previous one, like a stacking animation (in the end of the animation all frames should be visible). Is it possible to do it in Premiere Pro?

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MyerPj
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Community Expert
April 7, 2021

Yes. You'd be best to get some basics out of the way using some of the online tutorials. Just google it for 'Premiere Pro tutorials'.

 

Put each png on a track above each other, staggered left to right for the amount of time you want each one to come on after the preceeding one. Then drag out the length of each clip to the point where the shot should end. If they are transparent pngs you're done, if they are solid black, then you'll need to change the blending method to screen or difference.

Inspiring
April 7, 2021

Thank you for your answer. I should've mentioned, I'm not a newbie in Premiere Pro and I thought about the track-method before. This would be a good option if I had a few frames but we're talking about a flipbook animation that's some 300 frames. That will take me a week to make 300 video tracks for each frame. Looking for something more suitable. 

MyerPj
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Community Expert
April 7, 2021

Yes, I see, sorry for the assumption. It might be a task for After Effects, or even in Photoshop?

 

I did play with it.: