User Guide

Corel Painter 441
Working with Numbered Files
Corel Painter supports importing and
exporting numbered files. Numbered
files are any series of files that are the
same size and resolution, and named
following a specific style, which
includes a number at the beginning or
end of each file name. For example,
the first frame might be called
Movie01, the second frame Movie02,
and so on.
When you export a movie as
numbered files, you can import the
numbered files into an application
that may not support other movie
formats.
When exporting, you specify the
filename for the first file. You must
include zeroes so that all numbered
files have the same number of digits.
For example, if you are creating
numbered files from 1 to 24, include
“01” in the filename. If you are
creating numbered files from 89 to
110, include “089” in the filename.
Importing numbered files is an
excellent method of bringing an
animation from another 3D or
animation program into Corel
Painter.
When importing numbered files, the
file format must be supported by Corel
Painter, and the number of digits in
each filename must be the same.
When you import numbered files, you
create a new frame stack, and you are
prompted to choose a number of
onion skin layers and a storage type.
For more information, refer to
“Creating a Movie” on page425.
To export a movie as numbered
files:
1 Choose File menu > Save As. The
Save Movie dialog appears.
2 Select Save movie as numbered
files.
3 In the Save dialog box, choose a
location and file format, enter a
name for the first file, and click
Save.
You must begin or end the
filename with a number—for
example, “01Movie” or
“Animation14.”
To import numbered files:
1 Choose File menu > Open.
2 In the Open dialog box, enable the
Open Numbered Files check box.
3 Select the first numbered file.
4 Double-click the last numbered
file. You can also select it and click
Open.
5 In the Enter Movie Name dialog
box, choose a location to save the
imported movie, enter a filename,
and click Save.
6 In the New Frame Stack dialog
box, choose a number of onion
skin layers and a storage type.
7 Click OK. Corel Painter sequences
the images into the frames of a
new frame stack.