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Hi Guys,
Is there a simpler way to stop still images/photo's flicker on a LCD tv then applying the 'flicker filter' each and every time. I find it pretty time consuming and just wondered if there is any way to copy the whole time line of stills and apply the flicker filter to that one giant copy?
Thanks.
George P.

Yep. Easy as pie...
1. Click on one of the clips (or picture in your case).
2. Hold down the 'Shift' Key
3. Click on the last clip you want to have the filter on (it should highlight all the clips between).
4. Drag the filter of your choice onto the block of clips.
I hope this helps,
HookedonMac

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So I thought: to generate my old-fashioned slide show (ignore videos for the moment), I would use the buttons themselves as the stills, taking my queue from the quote above: "Each button in a menu must lead to another menu…". My slide show would consist of jumping from one menu to the next. This leads to my first question:
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