HELP importing folders of pictures!

I'm new to Macs. I'm making a presentation on iMovie. I've already imported one folder of pictures, and I have others that I need to import. However, when I import the next one, the pictures mix in with the ones already there. I need the folders need to be imported separately. How can I do this? Thanks!

No preference I have ever heard of - i have no idea why this
would happen - there must be something
wrong with the 5th image? How big are these images?
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janeinpa wrote:
> I have a group of graphics files called logo1, logo2,
logo3, etc. There are 15
> of them. When I choose "import to stage" and select the
first file, I get a
> message that Flash will automatically import the other
files in the series.
> This would be great. However, when I choose this, it
only imports 4 of the 15
> files. I've tried different names, even just naming them
"1" "2" etc. It
> still only brings the first 4 files into Flash. Is this
a preference I need to
> reset?
>
> Jane
>

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