diff --git a/crates/engine/src/footage_reload.rs b/crates/engine/src/footage_reload.rs
index 4d22ce0e..9b3c135a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/footage_reload.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/footage_reload.rs
@@ -129,17 +129,22 @@ pub fn reload_items(s: &mut Session, ids: &[ItemId]) -> crate::Result<usize> {
 /// writing it) is left as it was. Returns the number reloaded and the files that couldn't be read
 /// (only without `undoable`).
 fn reload(s: &mut Session, ids: &[ItemId], undoable: bool) -> crate::Result<(usize, BTreeSet<String>)> {
-    if s.importer.is_none() {
+    let Some(importer) = s.importer.clone() else {
         return Err(crate::EngineError::Other("media import is not available in this build".into()));
-    }
+    };
     let mut updates = vec![];
     let mut paths = BTreeSet::new();
     let mut failed = BTreeSet::new();
     for i in ids {
         if let Some(ItemKind::Footage(f)) = s.project.item(*i).map(|x| &x.kind) {
-            // Probed the way it imports by default, so a sequence is found as one. A path that
-            // is not followed is not read.
-            let probed = s.stored_paths.check(f).map_err(|(p, why)| crate::doc_path::refusal(&p, why)).and_then(|_| s.probe_footage(&f.path));
+            // A sequence is probed the way it imports by default, so its run is found again; any
+            // other item is its one file, not the run a numbered still sits in (#2074). A path
+            // that is not followed is not read.
+            let probed = s
+                .stored_paths
+                .check(f)
+                .map_err(|(p, why)| crate::doc_path::refusal(&p, why))
+                .and_then(|_| if f.kind == FootageKind::Sequence { s.probe_footage(&f.path) } else { importer.probe(&f.path) });
             let nf = match probed {
                 Ok(p) => refreshed(s, f, p),
                 Err(_) if undoable => Footage { missing: true, ..f.clone() },
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_sequence.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_sequence.rs
index 018e4327..3e81961c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_sequence.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_sequence.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 use crate::Session;
 
-/// Probes every file as a 64×32 still (the media layer's single-file probe).
+/// Probes every file as a still 64 + its byte length wide and 32 high (the media layer's
+/// single-file probe).
 struct Stills;
 impl crate::Importer for Stills {
     fn probe(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Footage, String> {
         if !std::path::Path::new(path).is_file() {
             return Err(format!("{path}: no such file"));
         }
-        Ok(Footage { path: path.into(), kind: FootageKind::Still, width: 64, height: 32, has_video: true, codec: "PNG".into(), ..Default::default() })
+        let width = 64 + std::fs::metadata(path).map_or(0, |m| m.len() as u32);
+        Ok(Footage { path: path.into(), kind: FootageKind::Still, width, height: 32, has_video: true, codec: "PNG".into(), ..Default::default() })
     }
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +198,19 @@ fn replace_footage_and_reload_keep_sequences() {
     assert_eq!(f.duration, FrameRate::from_f64(12.0).tick_of(5));
 }
 
+/// #2074: reloading a numbered still probed it as its run, so it took the first file's size.
+#[test]
+fn reloading_a_numbered_still_measures_its_own_file() {
+    let dir = folder(&RUN);
+    let mut s = session();
+    let item = s.execute("file.import", json!({"paths": [at(&dir, "shot_0002.png")], "sequence": false})).unwrap()["items"][0].clone();
+    std::fs::write(at(&dir, "shot_0002.png"), [0; 16]).unwrap();
+    s.execute("file.reloadFootage", json!({"items": [item]})).unwrap();
+    let (name, f) = footage(&s, &item);
+    assert_eq!((name.as_str(), f.kind, f.width, f.sequence.len()), ("shot_0002.png", FootageKind::Still, 80, 0));
+    assert_eq!(f.path, at(&dir, "shot_0002.png"));
+}
+
 /// #756: numbered DPX and Cineon scans import as sequences, as in After Effects (`.cin` was not
 /// an image to the Media Browser, so its runs came in one file at a time).
 #[test]
diff --git a/docs/footage.md b/docs/footage.md
index 1d15da0a..bd99cbeb 100644
--- a/docs/footage.md
+++ b/docs/footage.md
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ including files overwritten at the same path and byte size.
   File ▸ Open tries each missing file at the same place under the project's new folder, without
   marking the project modified.
 - **File ▸ Reload Footage** (Ctrl+Alt+L) reads the files again. A sequence picks up frames
-  added to its folder (a render still in progress) and keeps its interpretation.
+  added to its folder (a render still in progress) and keeps its interpretation; a still is
+  read as its one file, even when numbered files sit next to it.
 
 **File ▸ Dependencies ▸ Relink Missing Footage…** searches a chosen folder and its subfolders
 for missing source files on the desktop. It relinks unique exact filenames whose decoded type,