HELP! Adding Multiple fades between a bunch of stills in one shot?

whiskey3 wrote on 2/20/2002, 6:09 PM

Let's say I import 100 pics and I want fades between ech one or selected stills?
How do I add them in one pass?

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SonicTamara wrote on 2/21/2002, 10:27 AM

If you want to drop a bunch of images at once on the timeline and have them overlap (crossfade), choose Options > Preferences > Editing tab, and select the "Automatically overlap multiple selected media when added" check box. You can set the length of the crossfade in the "Amount" box in the "Cut to overlap conversion" section of the Editing tab.

To set the length of each image you add to the timeline, Choose Options > Preferences > Editing tab > New still image length and enter a value. This value sets the length of a still image when you add it to the timeline.

Summersond wrote on 2/21/2002, 12:25 PM

I have a quick question relating to this. When I am creating a music video for a wedding, I have the pictures in order in the explorer window in VV3. When I select a group of them and drag them to the timeline, the order changes and so I end up adding the pictures singly which takes MUCH longer. Easy answer?

thanks
dave

CDM wrote on 2/21/2002, 1:38 PM

after selecting all the images, be sure to drag them onto the timeline by dragging the *first* of the selected images in the group. If you grab just any of the group, it will start with that one and reorder in some weird way.

SonicTamara wrote on 2/21/2002, 1:42 PM

When you drag multiple files from the Explorer to the timeline, Vegas adds them in the order they appear in the Explorer -- with one small exception. Say you select three files -- X, Y, and Z -- and then click and hold file Z as you drag all three files to the timeline. File Z will be first (because this is the file you clicked and dragged), and then the remaining files will be in their Explorer order (X and then Y). Does this exception account for the problem you're seeing?

CDM wrote on 2/21/2002, 3:57 PM

SonicTamara definitely stated that a little more clearly than I did...

thanks!

Summersond wrote on 2/22/2002, 8:19 AM

I think that will do the trick. I always thought that by dragging the group from anywhere, it would keep the order. I will try this out next project. Thanks a million!

dave