How to Import files into Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a program which you can use to combine footage with transparent backgrounds, such as video shot on a green screen. If you have footage you want to add other elements or animation to, here is how to import those files into Adobe After Effects.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Open the Adobe After Effects program.

2. Go to "File," then "Import," and then "File." If you are working with more than one file, you can open them all at once, by choosing “Multiple Files,” rather than “File.”

3. Navigate to the folder where your footage is saved and select the file or files you wish to import.

4. Make sure “Straight-Unmatted" is selected in the footage pop-up window and click OK.

5. Go to "File," and then "Save As." Give your project a name. You may consider saving your project file in the same folder as your footage, or copying your footage to a new file with your project file. This will save you a headache should you move your files around later as everything will be in the same place and you will not have to re-import your footage files.