Exporting png sequence using various effects(ie=3d stroke etc etc

hello forumers.
is it possible that i can do an animation using any type of effects and then exporting my document as a png sequence,and the importing it into ps?
thank you.

ok i found it.
Choose File > Export > Image Sequence.
In the Export Image Sequence dialog box, set the exporting format to PNG.
Enter 30 as the Frames per Second value.
Click the Options button and choose Millions of Colors+ from the PNG Options dialog box so you can export the image sequence with an alpha channel (see Figure 6).
thank you.

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Adobe After Effects v12.0 (Windows 64) render log for project “Untitled Project.aep”
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11/8/2014 9:34:58 AM: Starting composition “cinematicsPre 2”.
Render Settings: Best Settings
Quality: Best
Resolution: Full
Size: 1702 x 953
Proxy Use: Use No Proxies
Effects: Current Settings
Disk Cache: Read Only
Color Depth: Current Settings
Frame Blending: On for Checked Layers
Field Render: Off
Pulldown: Off
Motion Blur: On for Checked Layers
Solos: Current Settings
Time Span: Work Area
Start: 0:00:04:10
End: 0:00:25:27
Duration: 0:00:21:19
Frame Rate: 30.00
Guide Layers: All Off
Skip Existing Files: Off
Output Module:Lossless
Output To:C:\Users\Matthew\Desktop\Youtube Stuff\ObeyRC\Sequence\1\cinematicsPre 2_[#####].png
Format: PNG
Output Info: -
Start Frame: 130
Output Audio: -
Channels: RGB
Depth: Millions of Colors
Color: Premultiplied
Resize: -
Crop: -
Final Size: 1702 x 953
Profile: -
Post-Render Action: None
0:00:04:10 (1): 3 Seconds
0:00:04:11 (2): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:12 (3): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:13 (4): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:14 (5): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:15 (6): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:16 (7): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:17 (8): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:18 (9): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:19 (10): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:20 (11): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:21 (12): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:22 (13): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:23 (14): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:24 (15): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:25 (16): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:26 (17): 0 Seconds
0:00:04:27 (18): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:28 (19): 1 Seconds
0:00:04:29 (20): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:00 (21): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:01 (22): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:02 (23): 1 Seconds
0:00:05:03 (24): 0 Seconds
After Effects warning: Could not create the file 'C:\Users\Matthew\Desktop\Youtube Stuff\ObeyRC\Sequence\1\cinematicsPre 2_00154.png'. Access was denied.
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11/8/2014 9:35:23 AM: Finished composition “cinematicsPre 2”.
Total Time Elapsed: 25 Seconds
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