Why is Exporting a BMP So Difficult in Ppro CS4

Do I really have to go thru so many steps just to make a bmp from the timeline in CS4. I must manually select all the settings for the aspect ratio and uncheck sequence otherwise thousands of bmps are generated ans then I have to wait for Media Encoder to open and then I have to press start, etc. Even making a wav is now a pain in the butt. It was so simple in all other versions of Premiere, am I doing it wrong?

Unfortunately, yes. When Adobe took AME out of PrPro, they added many requested features, like batch Exporting, but forgot the Export Frame. It was highly convoluted. CS4.1 (IIRC) did simplify things a bit, but with one omission (IMHO) - the Add to Project function from the days prior to CS4. Yes, you can still get it into the Project, but there is navigation and Importing involved.
About half of the time I want the still into the Project, and half the time I do not. I liked the ability to decide, prior to CS4. Maybe CS5 will add back sort of a "one-button" process, with selectable defaults. Kind of like the old Export>Frame, or Export>Movie. Who knows?
Good luck,
Hunt

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excaliburaircraft wrote:
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