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2 Choose Composition > Make Movie.
3 Type a filename.
4 In the Render Queue window, click the underlined Output Module template name.
5 Choose Filmstrip from the Format pop-up menu. Specify the rest of the settings you
want and click OK.
6 In the Render Queue window, click Render.
Rendering frames as a sequence of still images
Movies are the type of output most useful for easy previewing. However, a sequence of still
images from a composition can be used for movie-making and desktop presentations. You
can use a sequence of stills in the following ways:
• Transfer frames to film using a film recorder.
• Create still images for high-end video systems.
• Create still images and use them in a presentation.
• Select images for publishing or creating storyboards.
• Export source images for a graphics program in which the images can be edited or
retouched and imported back into After Effects as footage items.
To export a range of frames as a sequence of stills:
1 Choose Composition > Make Movie.
2 Type a filename.
Note: When rendering frames on a Mac OS system for use on a Windows system, the filename
must be in this format: filename[###].tga. As each frame is rendered and a filename created
for it, After Effects replaces the [###] portion of the name with a number indicating the order
of the frame in the sequence.
3 In the Render Queue window, click the underlined Output Module template name.
4 Choose one of the sequence formats from the Format pop-up menu. Specify the rest of
the settings you want and click OK.
5 In the Render Queue window, click Render.
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