# Help me please... I'm new to the group : importing TSV files **URL:** \ **Category:** Synfig related help\ **Created:** [October 20, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656 "2021-10-20T13:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Horson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/1 "2021-10-20T13:52:51Z")
I would like to know how to make my synfig recognize tsv files. when I try to import tsv files they just don’t show up ---
**Author:** ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/2 "2021-10-20T20:44:43Z")
Hello and welcome, Horson. What is your Synfig Studio version? The current stable 1.4.2 version does not support TSV, only PGO (Papagayo) files. And, as far as I know, nor will the future 1.4.3, but @KonstantinDmitriev may know something about it. TSV support is available in current development release (1.5.0): you can use it for lip-syncing (by importing the TSV), but you can use it as a Value Node too (by converting a layer parameter to Animation File value node). ---
**Author:** ![Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Horson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/3 "2021-10-22T18:35:00Z")
could you give me an example of how to proceed? I don’t understand much about programming ---
**Author:** ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/4 "2021-10-22T20:36:19Z")
Sure. What is your case? Lip syncing? ---
**Author:** ![Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@Horson](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Horson)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/5 "2021-10-24T16:58:07Z")
yes that’s really my case ---
**Author:** ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/6 "2021-10-24T17:01:48Z")
And do you have a TSV file? ---
**Author:** ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/help-me-please-im-new-to-the-group-importing-tsv-files/12656/7 "2021-10-24T18:57:55Z")
If you have a TSV file: 1. Import it: `File` menu \> `Import` and choose the TSV file 2. A new [`Switch Group`](https://synfig.readthedocs.io/en/latest/layers/switch_group.html) layer will appear on [Layers Panel](https://synfig.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ui/panel_layers.html). This Switch Layer is properly animated according to TSV file. However, it is still empty, without anything to be shown. 3. Now you should import/draw your mouth shapes under this switch layer: each mouse shape layer should be properly named [as Rhubarb defines](https://github.com/DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync#mouth-shapes) (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H or X) There you go.