In the help file there's an interface to control duration of imported jpeg but I can't get to it-I need to make the imported jpegs of an animation appear as a single frame each
Hi,Right click on one of the Jpeg images, you will get a dialogue box that looks like this
Click on "change photo length and you will get this dialogue box Calculate the 'seconds value of one frame based on the frame rate of you project and type that value into the box.
please note that if you are using 30 frames per second, 1 frame will be .5 seconds so it will not be on the screen very long so if you want to use that very fast cut effect you will be fine, but half a second will not be enough for most viewers to register unless you have shot multiple images of the same scene and want it to appear as if it is moving.
George
please note that if you are using 30 frames per second, 1 frame will be .5 seconds
Not so, George, your calculator needs a new battery! 1/30th sec = .033
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Thanks to both Terrypin and Gandjcarr, both answers are useful but perhaps the wording of my question wasn't clear I managed to find the interface in "Program Settings" / " Video Audio" tab and in the bottom right "Standard Picture Length" I changed to "1" and changed "Seconds" to "Frames" and that worked now when I import the jpegs (Parts of an animation) into the timeline each one occupies 1 frame which is what I was looking to achieve, thanks again
@Terry, 60 fps means 1 frame equals 1 second. if you divide 60 by two, you get thirty, if you divide 1 by 2 you get .5 30 fps equals .5 or one half of a second, not .33 or one third of a second.
George
Hi
@ George
Sorry George there is no need for maths with the Change photo length dialog. The display is in the format mm:ss:ff ie minutes: seconds:frames.
John
Corrected post. 18/02/2014
60 fps mean 60 frames per second!
60 fps mean 60 frames per second!
Pleased to see I'm not the only one that understands that rather basic point!
Haven't heard back from you John, but I'm sure you now see that there was no error in my post.
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
Hi Terry
I was referring specifically to the Change photo length dialog, your are right about the maths, my apologies if you thought I was referring to your maths.
From Georges post . . . . Calculate the 'seconds value of one frame based on the frame rate of you project and type that value into the box. . . .
It is not ncessary to use any maths for the dialog because the last set of units is frames not fractions of a seconds.
I have corrected the post.
Cheers
John
Thank you All.
In "The Movie Properties" I govern the frame rate sometimes I choose 25 sometimes 30fps depends on the camera I'm downloading from so I see no problem there thank you both terrypin and Johnbaker for your contributions.
What I wanted to know (and as I have explained I now KNOW) is how to get the length of the jpegs imported (part of an animation) onto the time line to be just one frame (regardless of the frame rate which I control in the movie properties) before I start importing anything onto the timeline.
(I know the frame rate of the animation because I set it in the animation creation software)
Many thanks to all who contributed.