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For more information about effects and file formats supported by QuickTime, see QuickTime Help.
To export files using QuickTime components
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Select an item in the Project panel.
Choose File > Export, select the export module you want to use, specify options as necessary, and click Save.
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Exporting and rendering single frames, filmstrip files,
and still sequences
About single-frame export
You can save a single frame from a composition to any supported still image format, such as an Adobe Photoshop
file with layers intact. One frame of the composition is rendered at the current time as set in the Composition panel.
This is useful for editing files in Adobe Photoshop, preparing files for Adobe Encore DVD, or for creating a proxy.
The Photoshop Layers command preserves all layers from a single frame of an After Effects composition in the
resulting Photoshop file, making it possible to use footage imported into After Effects as images in Photoshop.
Preserving layers is also useful if you want to use a composition frame as a source for print, web, and video.
The Photoshop Layers command also preserves layers that are in a nested composition by saving them as a
Photoshop layer group in the Photoshop file. In addition, the Photoshop file contains an embedded composite
(flattened) image of all the layers. This ensures that the file is compatible with applications that don't support
Photoshop layers; such applications display the composited image and ignore the layers.
Keep in mind that the layered Photoshop file saved from After Effects may look different than the frame viewed in
After Effects if the frame uses features that aren't supported by Photoshop. For example, if the frame contains a
blending mode that isn't available in Photoshop, a blending mode that most resembles it is substituted in the layer,
but the embedded composite image (viewable only by applications that don't support Photoshop layers) looks the
same. Alternatively, you can render the frame to a file format that doesn't support layers instead of using the
Photoshop Layers command, and the resulting image looks the same in Photoshop as the frame does in After Effects.
To export a single composition frame
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In the Composition panel, display the frame you want to export.
Do one of the following:
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To export a single composition frame, choose Composition > Save Frame As > File. Adjust settings in the Render
Queue panel if necessary, and then click Render.
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To export a single composition frame as an Adobe Photoshop file with layers, choose Composition > Save Frame
As > Photoshop Layers. Type a file name and click OK.
About Filmstrip format
Use Filmstrip format to paint directly on video frames in Adobe Photoshop, a process known as rotoscoping. You can
also rotoscope with paint tools in After Effects.
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