Answers.Body: <p>The answer is that this is not possible - at least as per the time of writing this answer, since the concept of "image sequence" does not exist in the XML spec Premiere utilizes - namely, XMEML version 4, also known as Final Cut Pro 7-style XML.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to make life a bit easier by generating an XML file to quickly import a number of image sequences into a Premiere Pro project (PPro 2017.0.2 in case it matters).</p>
  
  <p>It almost works - but when I import this XML file into premiere, it imports the first file in the sequence as a Still Image rather than an image sequence.
  The path to the file is correct, and the first frame does show up just fine.</p>
  
  <p>It feels like it's only a small change that's required, but I have not been able to find any information on it anywhere.</p>
  
  <p>Since the (sample) XML is very short, I also included it here (the real file has a few hundred clips, they all behave the same way).</p>
  
  <p>I tried manually importing an image sequence into premiere and exporting the result as FinalCut XML, but if I re-import that file, it also gets imported as a Still Image, so no help there.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;  
  &lt;xmeml version="4"&gt;  
    &lt;bin&gt;  
      &lt;name&gt;mpf_07 Images&lt;/name&gt;  
      &lt;children&gt;  
        &lt;bin&gt;  
          &lt;name&gt;Preview&lt;/name&gt;  
          &lt;children&gt;  
            &lt;clip id="mpf_07_01"&gt;  
              &lt;duration&gt;229&lt;/duration&gt;  
              &lt;in&gt;0&lt;/in&gt;  
              &lt;out&gt;229&lt;/out&gt;  
              &lt;name&gt;mpf_07_01&lt;/name&gt;  
              &lt;media&gt;  
                &lt;video&gt;  
                  &lt;track&gt;  
                    &lt;clipitem id="clipitem-Preview-mpf_07_01"&gt;  
                      &lt;name&gt;clipitem-Preview-mpf_07_01&lt;/name&gt;  
                      &lt;file id="file-Preview-mpf_07_01"&gt;  
                        &lt;name /&gt;  
                        &lt;pathurl&gt;E:\mpf_07_01.0101.jpg&lt;/pathurl&gt;  
                        &lt;rate&gt;  
                          &lt;timebase&gt;24&lt;/timebase&gt;  
                          &lt;NTSC&gt;FALSE&lt;/NTSC&gt;  
                        &lt;/rate&gt;  
                        &lt;duration&gt;320&lt;/duration&gt;  
                        &lt;timecode&gt;  
                          &lt;rate&gt;  
                            &lt;timebase&gt;24&lt;/timebase&gt;  
                            &lt;ntsc&gt;FALSE&lt;/ntsc&gt;  
                          &lt;/rate&gt;  
                          &lt;string&gt;00:00:00:00&lt;/string&gt;  
                          &lt;frame&gt;0&lt;/frame&gt;  
                          &lt;displayformat&gt;NDF&lt;/displayformat&gt;  
                          &lt;reel&gt;  
                            &lt;name /&gt;  
                          &lt;/reel&gt;  
                        &lt;/timecode&gt;  
                        &lt;media&gt;  
                          &lt;video&gt;  
                            &lt;samplecharacteristics&gt;  
                              &lt;width&gt;2048&lt;/width&gt;  
                              &lt;height&gt;1126&lt;/height&gt;  
                            &lt;/samplecharacteristics&gt;  
                          &lt;/video&gt;  
                        &lt;/media&gt;  
                      &lt;/file&gt;  
                    &lt;/clipitem&gt;  
                  &lt;/track&gt;  
                &lt;/video&gt;  
              &lt;/media&gt;  
              &lt;rate&gt;  
                &lt;timebase&gt;24&lt;/timebase&gt;  
                &lt;NTSC&gt;FALSE&lt;/NTSC&gt;  
              &lt;/rate&gt;  
            &lt;/clip&gt;  
          &lt;/children&gt;  
        &lt;/bin&gt;  
      &lt;/children&gt;  
    &lt;/bin&gt;  
  &lt;/xmeml&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>To clarify, this is the setting when using the Premiere UI to set it up, everything else works except Premiere doesn't see the Bin as an image sequence, but rather as a still image:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0XiUm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0XiUm.jpg" alt="To clarify, this is the setting when using the Premiere UI to set it up"></a></p>
  
Tags: <premiere><automation><xml>
Title: Importing XML into Premiere Pro - numbered stills / image sequence
UserDisplayName: MPF
ThreadText: # Importing XML into Premiere Pro - numbered stills / image sequence
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-09)
  
  I'm trying to make life a bit easier by generating an XML file to quickly import a number of image sequences into a Premiere Pro project (PPro 2017.0.2 in case it matters).
  
  It almost works - but when I import this XML file into premiere, it imports the first file in the sequence as a Still Image rather than an image sequence.
  The path to the file is correct, and the first frame does show up just fine.
  
  It feels like it's only a small change that's required, but I have not been able to find any information on it anywhere.
  
  Since the (sample) XML is very short, I also included it here (the real file has a few hundred clips, they all behave the same way).
  
  I tried manually importing an image sequence into premiere and exporting the result as FinalCut XML, but if I re-import that file, it also gets imported as a Still Image, so no help there.
  
  ```
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  
  <xmeml version="4">  
    <bin>  
      <name>mpf_07 Images</name>  
      <children>  
        <bin>  
          <name>Preview</name>  
          <children>  
            <clip id="mpf_07_01">  
              <duration>229</duration>  
              <in>0</in>  
              <out>229</out>  
              <name>mpf_07_01</name>  
              <media>  
                <video>  
                  <track>  
                    <clipitem id="clipitem-Preview-mpf_07_01">  
                      <name>clipitem-Preview-mpf_07_01</name>  
                      <file id="file-Preview-mpf_07_01">  
                        <name />  
                        <pathurl>E:\mpf_07_01.0101.jpg</pathurl>  
                        <rate>  
                          <timebase>24</timebase>  
                          <NTSC>FALSE</NTSC>  
                        </rate>  
                        <duration>320</duration>  
                        <timecode>  
                          <rate>  
                            <timebase>24</timebase>  
                            <ntsc>FALSE</ntsc>  
                          </rate>  
                          <string>00:00:00:00</string>  
                          <frame>0</frame>  
                          <displayformat>NDF</displayformat>  
                          <reel>  
                            <name />  
                          </reel>  
                        </timecode>  
                        <media>  
                          <video>  
                            <samplecharacteristics>  
                              <width>2048</width>  
                              <height>1126</height>  
                            </samplecharacteristics>  
                          </video>  
                        </media>  
                      </file>  
                    </clipitem>  
                  </track>  
                </video>  
              </media>  
              <rate>  
                <timebase>24</timebase>  
                <NTSC>FALSE</NTSC>  
              </rate>  
            </clip>  
          </children>  
        </bin>  
      </children>  
    </bin>  
  </xmeml>
  
  ```
  
  To clarify, this is the setting when using the Premiere UI to set it up, everything else works except Premiere doesn't see the Bin as an image sequence, but rather as a still image:
  [![To clarify, this is the setting when using the Premiere UI to set it up](https://i.sstatic.net/0XiUm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/0XiUm.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** premiere, automation, xml
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-04-16. Score: 1
  
  The answer is that this is not possible - at least as per the time of writing this answer, since the concept of "image sequence" does not exist in the XML spec Premiere utilizes - namely, XMEML version 4, also known as Final Cut Pro 7-style XML.
  
  
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