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Preparing your images for Premiere Pro

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Open Automator

Automator is located under Applications > Automator

Choose “Workflow” and click on “Choose”.

Drag all of your images into the “Drag actions…” window

Drag the rRename Finder Items action over

  1. Search for the term “rename” in the search bar.
  2. Drag the item named “Rename Finder Items” into the actions window.

Choose to click “Add” when the warning shows up.

Setup the location for your newly named images to go

  1. Under the To: drop down select Other…
  2. Create a new folder for your images by clicking New Folder.
  3. Give your folder a name.
  4. Click on Create.
  5. Click on the Choose button.

Setup the rename and click Run

  1. Choose Make Sequential
  2. Click on “new name” and give your animation a short name
  3. Choose Place number after name (optional)
  4. choose space as your seporator (otptional)
  5. Choose make all numbers 4 digits long
  6. Click the Run button to run the script

Choose File > Import

Import your image sequence

  1. Click on the first image in your animation.
  2. Make sure the “Image Sequence” section is checked.
  3. Click on the Import button

Your image sequence should be ready to edit and export in Premiere Pro