I’ve looked to find an answer but I’m coming up short and I have no experience with editing so I apologize if this is a boring newbie question.
I’m trying to make a video montage using photographs for a family event. I have about 100 pictures and I would like each one to display for about 5 seconds and have a transition between pics. Is there some way I can set the 5 seconds in a batch so I don’t have to do each one individually?
In the Properties panel look for Duration, set it to your liking and click Set as Default
All photos will have this duration on the Timeline from now on - until you change it, which you can do even within the same project. Enjoy!
I think I’ll show each picture for 5 to 7 seconds and would like to have a transition between each one. Is there also a way to repeat the transition between each picture?
Several months ago I made a slidesow with about 40 photos. I set the duration to 10 seconds. I put the first photo on the Timeline as described. Then I selected the second photo in the Playlist and added it to the Timeline with the (+) Plus icon. That automatically puts the Playhead at the end of photo clip. Use the Alt + Left arrow to move the playhead to the first frame of the second clip. Then, use the Pg-Up key to move the Playhead 30 frames/1 second back up the Timeline. Select the second clip and drag it left to meet the Playhead and drop there. Now you have a standard, 2 second cross-fade between photos. Repeat the sequence for the remaining photos. Once you get the pattern down the slideshow actually goes together quite fast. -=Ken=-
Transitions tend to be overused. It would be like a songwriter always using a transitional chord between chords. Watch a documentary and you can get a good feel for transitions.
You have to right click on the clip in the playlist and pick open as clip. (opening the properties tab does not do the same thing, for some reason, even though it looks the same)
THEN open the Properties tab. You can now change the duration by typing in the box or clicking the up/down buttons.
Then you must click on _set as default_to the right.
Then go back to the playlist and click on the checkmark symbol on the bottom, which is update playlist
The duration will now be changed.
Unfortunately you have to do this for each clip (or picture or still).
I am a brand new user, so there may be an easier way to do this…
You are saying it is not necessary to click on set as default, but if I do not do so, when I go back to the playlist, the duration has changed itself back to it’s original value.
I need to educate myself on the trim controls/shortcuts in the Source player.
Where are all the shortcuts listed and can they be edited? I could not find any mention of them on the program itself.