Clip duration

I am importing video from my old camcorder (Hi8 digital 8) and suddenly the duration of the clips are like 0.01 second each!! Yes, dozens of clips per second, thus hundreds or thousands of clips per scene!! That freezes my mac as wel ... Any ideas? Thank you. I am really frustrated!

Hi, maybe you can try to reset the displayed frame, lower right has a settings, drag to adjust number of frames per thumbnail displayed in Event Browser.

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I am forced to use the current version of iMovie because the older version no longer works for me. I cannot find a similar option in preferences or anywhere else. Has this wonderful feature been removed from this software. Right now if someone asks me to edit starting at a specific position I cannot do it. I have to play the entire video to find the portion of it that they want removed. I am working with fairly long videos and having this feature would really shorten the time for video editing.

Hello and thanks for using Apple Support Communities,
Unfortunately, although iMovie 10 added some great new features and brought a more intuitive user interface, some legacy features were discontinues. Chapter markers are an example. While you cannot add 'chapter' markers, you can still add traditional markers by using the Mark item in the menu bar and then clicking add marker. These will not add chapters, however, and will only allow you to quickly find a spot later in iMovie.
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Anyone having the same problem? I inserted a still photo in one of my projects in iMovie which has a a clip duration of 5s when added. I clicked the cogwheel icon then chose the inspector to adjust the duration. I've managed to changed it to 3s but after I clicked "Done", the clip duration is still under 5s.
I didn't encountered this problem before in iMovie '10 and I've searched over at Google and found out that many iMovie '11 users have the same dilemma.
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"problems setting duration for still photos and transitions in iMovie '11"
A number of people have experienced the same problem and written about it on discussions. Lots of difference solutions as well. If you search using the title quoted above, you can read the solution I found. It's more complicated than it should be. I've never had to fiddle as much with duration times for transitions and still photos. Nevertheless, the steps I have described work for me. You will also find the steps another reader offered that may work for you if all of your transitions are set for the same durations and all of the still photos are as well.

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There's a command that will set the in and outs to markers; it's called "mark to markers" found in the Mark Menu. Set the playhead between any two markers and type control+a. Then the in to out duration will show up in the canvas.
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Hello all
My students and I are doing a claymation type project and I am having some difficulty changing the clip durations once I've imported the photos into iMovie. I can get them in and changed down to 0:00:14 but not any shorter. I should be able to set them as fast as 0:00:03... If I change the clips individually, I can set them to 0:00:03, but if I try to change more than one at a time, the lowest is 0:00:14. With 500 odd photos for each group, changing the length one clip at a time isn't really a feasible option. Any suggestions?

Yes, the pics have to be in the Timeline before they can be adjusted.
Great that it's now working for you. As a retired teacher myself, I know what it feels like when things don't work as they should, and you have a disgruntled class breathing down your neck! Good luck with the project - sounds interesting.
Here's an explanation of PAL and NTSC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL
They are Television Broadcasting formats - your part of the world uses NTSC, many other parts use PAL, and some others eg France uses SECAM. They use differing frame rates, so are largely incompatible with each other.
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Photo Clip Duration

I am trying to edit the clip duration for a still photo down to .5 seconds, however it won't let me do this. Is there a minimum clip duration? I want to add a bunch of photos with a short duration so you only see a short flash of the image.

In iMovie/Preferences, make sure to check "Display Time as HH:MM:SS:Frames". This will allow you to edit to the frame level. .5 seconds in NTSC would be about 15 frames. Set the duration of the photo to 15.
You can go as low as one frame, but there is a trick involved.
[See this video Tutorial from Jon Walker|http://web.me.com/jrwalker4/QuickNotes/iMovie08-09/Entries/2008/4/25_Tutorial024.html]

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I'm a complete newbie at video editing, trying to start learning…
According to the online tutorial there is supposed to be a clip duration button that appears when the pointer is hovered over a clip that allows one to open a trimming window of some sort. It doesn't come up for me - there is only a hand appearing in place of the pointer.
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http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie-enjoy-21

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I'm trying to determine the fastest method for changing the speed
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The best I've come up with so far is to put the timeline playhead over the
clip and hit X to get the clips IN and OUT points placed in the timeline. Then,
drag the clip into the Browser, effectively making a copy of it there. Then bring the clip into the Viewer, then hit APPLE J to bring up the speed change window, affect the change, then overwrite the change you've made in the viewer back down into the timeline where you placed the original IN and OUTS. Seems like alot of step.
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Another, close but not quite there method I've tried is the TIME REMAP tool
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I can affect speed changes, and see what percentage speed change I'm
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Sorry for the lame subject title, but I'm not sure I know how to be more descriptive, or search for previously posted info about this.
I have 98 still images on a timeline to which I want to apply a "zoom in" motion effect, and add a 2 sec dissolve transition between each. Is there a way to apply the "zoom in" effect without the dissolve in between, and then, when I add the dissolve, have the motion effect stretch out to affect the new clip duration? As everyone here will know, the transition adds time on to both ends of the clip with the previously applied motion keyframes staying put. Obviously, the effect I get is a dissolve happens, the clip then zooms up, stops, and then the next dissolve occurs.
Sorry to over-explain something so simple. Just looking for, hopefully, an overlooked shortcut.

But in your method Alex, the transitions are adding frames at the beginnings of clips which means the new clip will dissolve completely in before moving. I'm sure that's not what the OP is looking for.
The easiest method for this is actually a variation on Arsenal's first post.
Apply a transition between the first and second pics in your timeline.
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Once you have transitions on all your clips, copy the properties of the first pic (CMD+C).
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Have you tried this?
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You can use the animatics in the Maps section for this. Or use a photo.
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How do I quickly type in clip duration box?

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Don't make me take all this on to Sony Vegas on the PC!

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You cannot edit to less than 1 frame.
I think you may be right that there is a limit of 4 frames. Jon Walker has posted a workaround, but it is kind of tedious of you have thousands of these. [here it is|http://web.me.com/jrwalker4/QuickNotes/iMovie08-09/Entries/2008/4/25_Tutorial024.html]
You may want to use QuickTime Pro. This [MacWorld video|http://www.macworld.com/article/141637/2009/07/timelapsevideo.html] discusses time-lapse, which is similar.

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Hi everyone,
Many thanks to anyone who can help. I know about clicking on the cogwheel to adjust the duration of a single photo, or to apply to ALL photos, but what I'd like to do is select a group of photos out of all the ones I've already added to my movie, and I'd like to adjust the duration of just those photos. Any ideas??
Again, thanks so much if you can help!
Frizzy

Hi AppleMan1958,
I tried what you suggested to batch-adjust clip length with 'Show Advanced Tools' checked, but under 'Paste Adjustment', there's still no 'Clip Adjustment' option. None of the available options under it (All, Video, Crop, Video Effect, Speed) works.
This problem is very frustrating!
Is there a setting to allow you to change clip lengths and transition as you progress through the slide show? And if you make changes in the middle section of the project, then the part ahead of it simply shunts back and forth, instead of changing clip length and transition duration on its own.
I use a MacBook Pro running OS X and iMovie 11.
Regards,

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I have tried all of the work arounds I have been able to find in the Support Commnity and still I can't change the duration of source clips in Motion 5. I have trashed plist, rebooted, repaired permisions, changed timing of project, changed name of clip, used the Timeline clock instead of the Instpector window. Cleared all In / Out points and reset them to slightly different values. I have changed Timing to Variable and back again. I can open clips in a new project and change duration. I have opened new project and copied some layers from working project, the problem persists. Is reinstall the option left available to me?

BenB,
The specifics: Motion 5.0.4 Timeline is set to 6 minutes, the Media is 5:59;21 (QT,mp4, H264,1280x720, 24fps). Imported via File Browser into Layer Group (Group In / Out points are 0 and 6 mins, as is Play Range). At one time the clip was in it's full duration. Afterr a crash / restart it is only 01:52;27. I can not Drag the clip to its full length. I cannot change it's duration thru the Inspector, not the Timeline Clock.
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I can't necessarily recommend this for it can lead to project corruption. It's possible to manually edit the text of the iMovie project file, changing the playtime duration of all your still clips to the duration you want.
1. In iMovie, double-click on one of your still clips. Write down the name of its source file. Quit iMovie 6.
2. In the Finder, make a duplicate of the project. Work on the duplicate.
3. In the Finder, open the duplicate project package. (Control-click on the project icon and choose "Show Package Contents" from the popUp menu.)
4. You'll see two iMovie project files loose in the window that opens, plus some folders. One of the project files has a tilde (~) in its name and one does not. Our goal is to edit the file that does NOT have the tilde. (The tilde file is type of backup.)
5. Launch TextEdit. (In your Applications folder.) Drop the non-tilde project file onto the TextEdit icon in the Dock.
6. Use TextEdit's search function to search for the string that defines the play-time of each still clip, now 5 seconds. For PAL, that string is "<integer>125</integer>". For NTSC, it is "<integer>150</integer>".)
7. For each still, you want to change the 125 to some other number. For PAL, the number you want is 25 X the number of seconds to play.
If the only clips in your project that play for 125 are your stills, you can safely use the Replace All command to replace all with the strings at the same time. Be sure to include the tags <integer> and </integer.
If there are others that play for 5 seconds, you'll need to examine each clip individually, using the sample name you wrote down to see if the clip uses a similar name.
8. Save the modified file and close that TextEdit window.
9. Go back to the Finder and double-click on the project package to open it in iMovie 6. If everything worked as intended, all your stills should play with a new length.
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