# Load Frames to the Filmstrip

The Filmstrip window supports loading existing frames by specifying the directory where they are stored. This is useful if you want to test the configured job with a set of previously acquired frames. To load an existing set of frames, do the following:

1. Make sure that the preconditions of loading existing frames are met:
   1. When loading existing frames, make sure that all frame files (that is, the frame's *.cfg file, the point cloud *.dat files, the frame's JSON data file, the PNG thumbnail file, and the *.raw point cloud data file) are located in the same directory.

2. Go to the Filmstrip window. If it is not already visible, click View > Filmstrip in the View menu.

   The Filmstrip window should appear.

3. Click the (Configure the Record and Playback Directory) button or press Ctrl + T to specify the filmstrip folder.

   Alternatively, if you want to load a compressed Filmstrip archive (previously saved with the Save All Images or Save Selected Images button of the Filmstrip), click the (Import a Filmstrip) button.

4. Browse to the folder where the Filmstrip ZIP file or the uncompressed frames are located (depending on the import method you choose in the previous step), and click Select Folder.

The frames must then appear in the Filmstrip window.

Note:

- When loading content into the Filmstrip with this method, the frames will be loaded with their own name, not with the name and sequence number configured with the Name and Counter Filmstrip controls.