Still image file confusion.

Got an unusual problem...
Importing folders of JPG still images into CS5 to product a slide show.....
On random occasions Premier confuses individual image file names and replaces them with alternate files from within folders imported on the time line....
Ive re checked the original source of the files affected and they are unaltered...
At first I thought files may be damaged by a virus..... However I;ve used other editing software and they work perfectly........Wondering if anyone has a solution....

I've seen this same thing...drove me nuts! I reported it as a bug, so Adobe knows about it. Hopefully a fix will come along soon. A work around is to right-click on the files in the bin, choose Edit in Photoshop, then in Photoshop just do a Save As, and re-save over the old file using the same name and format. When you go back into Premiere Pro, it should be fine. Be sure to back up your original files somewhere...just in case. Hope that helps!

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I don't think I said PICTs were best, just one of the file formats. PICTs are different in that they carry addressable alpha channels for transparency, while other formats like TIFFs and PSDs don't. You can paint a PCIT alpha like a mask and have it carry over to other applications.
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That link is helpful.
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I could easily export a frame as still image in CS3 (File / export / ...)
But how do you do this in CS4 ??... Adobe found another way of making something simple so difficult !... I try to export media, then select a still image format, make sure ''export sequence'' is *not* selected, but when I look at the output, what I get is not where I had stopped the cursor and appeared on the monitor, but I get the first frame of the sequence instead.
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Your way should work, it worked for me.
Try reading this:
Select a clip in the Project panel or a Timeline.
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Hey Thrill seekers. In advance thank you for your kindness to a premier newbie.
I'm working on a personal project for my local Habitat for Humanity Chapter. I'm capturing single images a 5 second intervals and want to create a time lapse film of the build. I'm also taking stills and putting them over the background created by the time lapse. Each week I learn a little more, and see more possibilities.
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I realize this is a premier pro forum and I just admitted to using elements. But if an upgrade would give me the capability I'd do so. I've got the trial version of pro, but haven't found out how to do it there either.
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There are a couple considerations:
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Good luck, and there will probably be other thoughts that pop into my mind. You might also want to post to the PrE forum, and link back to this post too, so people can follow along, and not end up posting the same comments in two places.
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[Edit] Forgot to add that the Sequences feature, alone, would be a good reason to go with PrPro, in lieu of PrE for a Project of this size. You can use those like "mini-Projects" within a "master Project." I most often use them like others do "Chapters."
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