IMovie Question Adding Images

Question

Hi everyone. I haven't really used iMovie to the extent that I need to now. I'm doing a rendering of a school for a client. I'll be exporting 2000 images that I need played at 24-30FPS. Would iMovie handle adding that many images and would it run at 30 fps?
Thanks, if I'm not clear please ask me a question so I can resolve this issue.
-Mike

Answer 1

The 2000 images will turn into an animation like a flip book almost. So I need the movie to run at 30 fps per second each frame being one of the 2000.
For automatic creation of an image sequence the first step is order the images in a folder in the sequence you want them played. If all were taken in the order you want them display on a single digital camera, then they should already be in the correct filename order. If not, then you should name them manually using a strategy such as "Image0001, Image0002, Image0003 ... Image1998, Image1999, Image2000" to save time later. It also helps if all the photos are in the same orientation and dimensions, otherwise you will have to perform additional editing (frame splits, possibly reimportation of single frames for max quality, rotation, cropping/filling, etc.)
If you have QT Pro, simply use the "Open Image Sequence" File menu option to navigate to the folder containing your 2000 images and select the first image. QT Pro will then ask you to set the the desired frame rate. QT Pro will then proceed to create a Photo-JPEG video track which can then be imported into iMovie for addition of sound, voice overlays, etc. If you don't have QT Pro then there may still be other applications or scripts around which may or may not still work and serve the same auto-sequencing function.
The other option is to import the indiviual images directly into the iMovie project which will automatically create an "still frame" sequence at the correct frame rate for the current project type (i.e., NTSC 30 fps or PAL 25 fps). This approach allows you to create a slideshows manually adding music, voiceovers, effects, titles, transitions, etc. but means adding and adjusting each image sequence for the most part manually for optimum results. Also be advised that these two approaches produse drastically different effects -- the first like a "fast motion" playback of your images and the second a "slow-motion" effect is using the Ken Burns Effects.