Resizing multiple events at the same time

steve-parker wrote on 2/21/2017, 8:48 AM

Hello. I have just acquired movie studio 13. I have a 'go pro like' camera which captures time lapse as a series of still photographs. I can select and import all of these in the sequence easily but I want to resize them all to a short and identical duration event such that they play through the time lapse sequence at a reasonable pace. Is there anyway you can select and resize multiple events (at the moment I have only been able to work out how to drag the boundary of each event individually.

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Jack S wrote on 2/21/2017, 10:27 AM

Hi Steve,

If you drag all your images onto the timeline they should each have a duration determined by the value in Preferences. With them on the timeline, select them all (simply highlight the first image, right-click and select 'Select events to end'). With all images selected, press G. This will group together all the images. Then put your cursor at the very end of the sequence, press Ctrl and you'll see a small wavy line under the 'Trim event end' icon. With Ctrl still pressed left click and drag right to increase the length of each image or left to decrease the length. Hope this helps.

Marco. wrote on 2/21/2017, 11:41 AM

Why not importing as image sequence so from the very start it will be one single event which speed depends on the project properties used when doing the sequence import.

Jack S wrote on 2/22/2017, 11:13 AM

Marco, I agree, your method is simpler. However, I've found that you don't always know how long the sequence needs to be until you get it on the timeline and put your choice of background music on. To avoid unnecessary calculations I've found the method I described (which doesn't take much longer than the simpler method) to be quite efficient. That being said, each to his/her own.

Marco. wrote on 2/22/2017, 11:19 AM

You could always change the length/speed afterwards by modifying the clip's properties.

steve-parker wrote on 2/22/2017, 2:25 PM

thank you both for the suggestions (and the detailed instructions Jack), just what I was looking for - I'll try it out at the weekend.