Build sub-layers with imported images in a switch layer?

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nightrod
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Build sub-layers with imported images in a switch layer?

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Seems like the simple stuff is the hardest for me. I got Studio Pro 9 primarily (for now) to do lip-synch voiceovers with Photoshop artwork. I cannot figure out how to build a switch layer out of sub-layers of imported .pngs. All the answers I’ve gotten tell me to just import to a switch folder. How? Can’t find anything in the manual. Somewhere I’m completely overlooking something because I’m lost, but maybe it’s me. What’s the trick? Any help greatly appreciated.
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Re: Build sub-layers with imported images in a switch layer?

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In the menu, Scripts->Image->Import Image Sequence...

p. 324 of the Users Manual:
Import Image Sequence...
Imports a numbered sequence of images. Each image is imported
as its own layer, and the entire group is enclosed in a switch
group. The image files should be named using a numerical
sequence. For example, “file0001.jpg”, “file0002.jpg”, “file0003.
jpg”, etc.
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Re: Build sub-layers with imported images in a switch layer?

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I understand numbered sequences. What I didn't know was how to enclose them in a switch layer. It isn't in the manual. BUT ... I found a tutorial that shows it. Nothing in the tutorial is anywhere in the manual, but it turns out to be simple.
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