You can download this QuickTime movie (duration: 2 seconds only) to use in the exercise, or you can import your own images.

1. Right-click on the link below to save the movie to your system and download it.

You can import image sequences and movies inside Smoke. Smoke also support Photoshop files that you can load inside the Library or directly inside Action. You can choose to copy the images inside the Smoke Library, or you can use Soft-Import to avoid duplication.
The Import menu is located inside the Smoke Library.

1. Click on the Clip Library Box to access the Library that you want to use.
Note that you can also create a new Library by choosing on the Clip Library Box.
2. In the Library, select the I/O tab.
3. Then click on the Import Image menu.
4. In the Import menu, select the file type that you want to import.
Note that you can also leave it to Auto for automatic detection.
5. Click on the location path to access the file browser.
6. Navigate to the directory that contains your images.
Note that you can bookmark directories.
7. Choose the file “Trumpet_final.mov” or select your own clips.
Image sequence will appear as one clip that you can expand.
Note that you can also select multiple clips.

You have several import options:
- You can send the import job to the background by pressing Add to Queue & Execute.
- You can choose the Clip Metadata.
- You can Resize clips on import.
- You can enable the Soft-Import option.
Soft-import is linking to the images location on the system instead of duplicating these images inside the Library.

To view and manage export jobs in the background, you can swipe the lower-left side of the Export Image module. You can also press "CTRL+0" from any module in Smoke.

8. Press Load to load the clips inside the Library.
In this case we use the Soft-Import option.
If you have chosen to import files in the background, Exit Import Image and the clips will be copied to the Library by the background process.

You can reorganize your material inside the Library if you want.

To move or copy material between Libraries, toggle Single View to Dual View inside the Library (top left corner). Choose Copy or Move on Drag option.

If you want to know more about the interface and the functionalities covered in this exercise, watch the following interface overview:


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