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I know that in FCP X, there is no way to create a custom folder and put all the imported stills, lik ein FCP 7 I used to do.
How do I make all the hundreds and hundreds of stills not to show on the left side library browser?
Thanks.
"Smart collection does not hide all the stills from the animation sequence, does it?"
Not sure what you are asking here. What is the "animation sequence" you are talking about?
FWIW there are many conditions you can use to define a smart collection.
One of these is "Used Media", where you can choose "Used" or "Unused". You can also make it even more selective by adding different keywords.
I imported into my event animation sequence thousands PNG files, which where created in 3D animation software. It did not come as a one clip. After importing and selecting the project I have these stills are showing in the library browser on the top left. They are among the video and music clips. So in order to find some video other still images files I have to scroll all thousand stills to get to the right file, unless I do search. I followed Tom's suggestion and created an event and moved all the stills into that event.
In FCP7 I used to create a folder, and placed all the stills inside, so they were out of my way. Hope this explains, and thanks for Luis.your help,
Great!
Motion can easily take your numbered stills and produce a mov file that you can import into FCP X.
Create a project with the appropriate size, File->Import, select the first numbered file and check the box for "Image sequence".
Yes, the famous compressor, which I used to use at FCP7 times, and by reading a quite a few negative feedbacks in the Apple store, I am not in rush buying it. But if I will keep getting sinlgle images animation on a constant basis, I would probably have to.
Thanks, Tom.
If I were to buy a $50 software for turning a bunch of numbered still image files into a movie I’d go with Motion instead of Compressor. Both can do that.
I have both. Compressor I have used maybe half a dozen times but with Motion I have created many titles and generators for use with FCP X.
For amateurs like me, there is a lot more to use Motion for than there is for Compressor.
You could think of events as folders and put the images you want in the event.
Thanks, Tom!
In addition, of course you can have as many smart collections as you want, defined by your own criteria.
Smart collection does not hide all the stills from the animation sequence, does it?
If it's an image sequence the best thing to do it to use Compressor to convert the folder contents into a video file at whatever frame rate you want to work in.
Thanks,
I have Motion, and I am using it very seldom.
Creating a folder for multiple images animation fcpX
