Animating a series of still photos into a sequence

NancySue

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!

borate

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.

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.

NancySue

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!

borate

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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