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Re: New Feature... Adding multiple clips to the timeline quickly

 

Good idea. We have a lot of requests in the forum and some people know well
the question and there is a lot of thing interesting.



2010/5/18 Andy Finch <we.rocked.in79@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Maybe an idea is to get some feedback either in the forums or on the main
> site - as there have been a few different requests for something like this,
> others may have some valid suggestions/ideas. But it looks like a good idea
> to me.
>
> On 17 May 2010 06:05, Jonathan Thomas <jonathan.oomph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Greetings everyone!
>>
>> I have been thinking about adding a quick and easy way to add multiple
>> clips to the timeline.  I am really leaning towards the following concept...
>> and I would love to hear feedback about it.  Here is how it will work:
>>
>> Step 1) Select two or more files from the "Project Files" tree that need
>> to be added to the timeline
>> Step 2) Right click on the selected items in the tree... and choose "Add
>> To Timeline..."
>> Step 3) The "Add to Timeline" dialog opens (with a list of the selected
>> files) - see attached image
>> Step 4) The user tweaks the settings, such as transitions, animations, and
>> fade settings, and then clicks "Add".
>> Step 5) OpenShot will create 1 or 2 new tracks (so not to mess up
>> anything), and add all of the selected clips, with the transitions,
>> animations, and fades already set.
>>
>> This addresses a few different common scenarios, such as:
>> A) Photo slides-shows
>> B) Assembling many videos together in sequence (with transitions between
>> each clip)
>> C) Adding multiple clips to the timeline
>>
>> The screenshot is just a mock-up, so hopefully it makes sense to everyone.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Jonathan
>>
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