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Animating a series of still photos into a sequence


NancySue

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I am making a brief animated film.  I will download probably 100 images and put them into a sequence.  My question is:  is there any way to control some or all of them as a group, and give each one a duration of 0.5 seconds, or will I have to change the duration of each of them individually?

Thank you!

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Set a default still image duration, under OPTIONS | MEDIA tab, which will apply only to clips to be added to the bin.

For existing clips, select those you want, right-click on one and Change Clip Speed.  Highlight the duration field. Type in a new duration.  All selected clips will change.  

image.png   That can be performed on bin or timeline clips.

There's also a feature available via the Menu (top-left corner of the window) | FILE drop-down named Add Images As Video that could prove useful.  Experiment.

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  • borate changed the title to Animating a series of still photos into a sequence

Interesting, interesting.  --In my case, there will be like 100 "existing clips", is that right?  Each image is a "clip"?  I'm not clear how I select those I want.  I tried moving the cursor over a few and turning them blue, but when I right-clicked on one it gave me the option to Delete/Crop or Export the selected region, or to split all tracks, but not to Change Clip Speed.  If I didn't turn them blue with the cursor, I could Change Clip Speed.  How do I select more than one?

This is all quite fun; I wish I had more time!

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Ignore the cursor.  Click on a clip to select it, hold down <ctrl> and click on another, and so forth.  Or click the first clip, hold down <shift> and click the last.  All within the range will be selected.  This is standard MS Windows file handling procedure.

Right-click any selected clip and Change Clip Speed.  When selected, the black area between thumbs turns grey.  Swiping, where the timeline turns blue provides other options, as you discovered.

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