import image sequence

[Aeron]

First I would like express my gratitude for the peerless Xara Designer and community.

Second, is there an option to import an image sequence into Xara so that each image is in it's own frame in an animation? I need to composite two image sequences -- there are 70 images in each of 11 different variations and I'd rather not import them one at a time, that would be 770 file imports!

As you can see I am a newbie to animation, thanks for any suggestions.

[gwpriester]

Welcome to TalkGraphics

I have no idea but one of our members who knows more about animation will be able to help. Check back.

[handrawn]

I would say no, but egg should know for sure, or acorn maybe

the only way I know to get images into the frames, other than individually, is to import an existing animation, no use to you unfortunately

mind you, I have not done animation in xara for a long time...

[Acorn]

Place each set of 70 images into a separate folder.
In Xara go to the Fills gallery > Disc fills > Image Folder and accept the index question (this creates a sub-folder of Thumbnails).
All the images are now in your Fills gallery for adding to your animation.

This at least saves you importing them one as a time.
If they are all the right size for the frame then a simple drag & drop & snap and you step to the next frame.
Right-click the Fills gallery > Image Folder name to remove it.

Acorn

[handrawn]

This at least saves you importing them one as a time

you can 'import' them all [by selecting all in file explorer and draging onto program layer] in one go directly to a layer without using the fill gallery, although to do it the way you suggest is rather tidy... and saves having to have a seperate document open with the files in, to drag from bitmap gallery to frames

[Aeron]

Thank you Acorn and handrawn! Acorn's suggestion worked. Now my only issue seems to be that I need to export an image sequence with transparency. Is there a way to export the animation as a sequence of pngs? I see only gif, avi and swf.