If you prefer the standard Load Dialog, please press the button below the directory window. - You can also set the standard Load Dialog as default in the preferences dialog.
To open the loading dialog go to the main-menu and choose File and then Load sequence or just click the 
icon on the left side of the main toolbar.
The loading dialog provides an tree view to the left and a file view to the right.
For your convenience the current focused image is displayed automatically in the main window. This can be turned off.
Note: It option is disabled if Ignore background image is enabled.
| Load RGB | Load Alpha | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| On | Off | The color RGB-Channel will be loaded into memory and therefore only the Color-Channel can be used for playback. Note: If AnimPlayer operates in RGB 32 bit colorspace mode an exsiting Alpha-Channel will always be loaded. |
| On | On | Both RGB- and Alpha-Channels will be loaded into memory, so both channels can be used for playback. To switch between channels while in playback use the [Mode] menu or press [C] for Color-Channel and [A] for Alpha-Channel. |
| Off | On | Only the Alpha-Channel will be loaded into memory and therefore only the Alpha-Channel can be used for playback. |
The file view automatically detects image sequences and uses two different modes to display them:
Single File Mode
The default mode is the single file mode, as shown in the picture above. It is similar to Explorer’s file list view, but with a few differences:
- Each image sequence is displayed in a unique color.
- By default the auto selection mode is activated, which means that all files of a sequence are automatically selected if one file of that sequence is selected.
- If there is a broken image sequence these files are formatted with underline like the Schiffs_####.jpg in the example above.
- The toolbar and the right-click menu provide 3 selection commands:
Select all (A), Select none (N), Select invert (I) - You can also double click a filename to open your system default picture viewer.
Of course you can turn off auto selection mode and use the [Shift], [Ctrl] and [Alt] keys to select multiple files, identical to Explorer’s selection functions.
Proxy Mode and Missing Frames
The other file view mode is the proxy viewwhich displays all files of an image sequence as a single entry like the example below. After the basic filename, the start number, end number as well as the number of files are displayed.
If a broken sequence is detected it will be displayed in red and formatted with an underline like the Schiffs_[####].jpg example above. Also displayed is the number of missing frames.
If you want to know which files or frames are missing just double-click the sequence and an information dialog like the example to the right will appear. You can select the missing frame numbers and copy them via right-click menu to the clipboard.
Selection History
In the top left of the loading dialog a selection history is also available.
Note: you can reach the selection history in the main application window by using the little down arrow of the open icon 
in the toolbar or using the load recent ... submenu in the File main-menu.
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