Re: Viewing contents of collection in collection pane by jetmech217
jetmech217
Sat Nov 27 18:21:04 CST 2004
Rehan,
Thanks for your input. I was finally able to figure out how to do what I
wanted, but it wasn't very intuitive. I also have Intervideo Windvd Creator
and it works the way I would have expected when importing video.
I just bought this HP so I'm not sure I'm going to keep it. I'm going to
take a look at IMacs later this week. I'm thinking that their video editing
software is considerably easier to use and considerably more capable.
Besides, I love making videos using video clips from my still camera and
sinc eit records in .MOV format, neither MM of DVD Creator can recognise that
format, so I have to convert. I'd rather not bother with that either.
Anyway, thanks again for your assistance.
"Rehan" wrote:
> > This is not the case with the video I have imported. If I import several
> > video clips, I can only view one of the clips at a time in the "Collection
> > Pane". I want to be able to view all the imported video clips I've
> > imported
> > in the "collection Pane" so that I can look at them as thumbnails and
> > determine which order I want to place them in the time line. I'm sure MM
> > is
> > suppose to work this way since it does for still photographs.
>
> Unfortunately that is how Windows Movie Maker treats all the clips which
> come from differetn physical files.
>
> To overcome it, on the toolbar above press Collection button. This will
> remove the task pane and show all the collections as folder list. Now go to
> each subcollection that was made for each clip and drag the clip inside into
> the root collection folder.
>
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
>
>
>
> "jetmech217" <jetmech217@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7FE8294A-BD02-4966-97D4-0D7AEB787D00@microsoft.com...
> > Rehan,
> >
> > Maybe I'm not being clear here.
> >
> > As with video transitions and video effects, when you choose one of those
> > options, you see all the possible choices as thumbnails in the "Collection
> > Pane". Also, if I import 15 still photographs, once the import is
> > complete,
> > I see 15 thumbnails of the photographs in the "Collection Pane".
> >
> > This is not the case with the video I have imported. If I import several
> > video clips, I can only view one of the clips at a time in the "Collection
> > Pane". I want to be able to view all the imported video clips I've
> > imported
> > in the "collection Pane" so that I can look at them as thumbnails and
> > determine which order I want to place them in the time line. I'm sure MM
> > is
> > suppose to work this way since it does for still photographs.
> >
> > Is it possible that the format of the video I'm importing is the cause?
> > Since my Kodak still camera creates video clips in the Quick Time format,
> > I
> > have to convert them to .avi files first before MM will recognise them.
> > Could
> > it be that converted fils behave differently when imported into MM?
> >
> > This has been very frustrating! There is nothing intuitive about using MM.
> > I
> > found I MOvie to be much more capable and easire to use the one chance I
> > had
> > to try it out. I'm ready to return this new HP I bought and buy the
> > computer
> > I should have in the first place. A G-5 IMAC!
> >
> > I Movie will recognise Quick Time video clips without having to convert
> > them
> > first. among many other benefits.
> >
> > "Rehan" wrote:
> >
> >> When you say:
> >>
> >> > you can only view one of the clips as a thumbnail in the Collection
> >> > pane
> >> > at a
> >> > time. I can't seem to find a way to view thumbnails of all the clips in
> >> > the
> >> > Collections directory on the Collections pane.
> >>
> >> what is the problem? Do you expect differently? Generally all clips are
> >> shown with their respective thumnails. To view a clip you need to click
> >> on
> >> its thumbnail and then press play. The playback of this clips is
> >> constrained
> >> to that clip alone. Thats the normal process!
> >>
> >> May be you do "not" want to have the clips. This can be achieved by
> >> unchecking the option check box in the File Import dialog. Look closely
> >> near
> >> the botoom edge of the dialog there is an option to make clips. it is
> >> checked by default.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rehan
> >> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "jetmech217" <jetmech217@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9DBEC522-31CB-4A89-84B7-D251BA712843@microsoft.com...
> >> > here's what I've tried to do:
> >> >
> >> > 1. I converted 2 quick time movie files from my digital still camera to
> >> > .avi
> >> > files to use in MM.
> >> > 2. Imported the 2 avi files from "my documents" directory into MM by
> >> > selecting "Import Video" from the MM Movie Task bar.
> >> >
> >> > During the import, a progress window opens showing the progress of the
> >> > import. It clearly shows two files being imported. Once the import is
> >> > complete, the two files/clips appear under the "Collections" directory,
> >> > but
> >> > you can only view one of the clips as a thumbnail in the Collection
> >> > pane
> >> > at a
> >> > time. I can't seem to find a way to view thumbnails of all the clips in
> >> > the
> >> > Collections directory on the Collections pane.
> >> >
> >> > With MM working this way, there is no way to view thumbnails of all the
> >> > clips you want to use in a movie. You have to select each one
> >> > individually. I
> >> > can't believe it's designed to work this way.
> >> >
> >> > "Rehan" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> You can drag all clips from their respective collection folder into a
> >> >> single
> >> >> Collection folder such as the main one.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Rehan
> >> >> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "jetmech217" <jetmech217@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:ABE8A31B-0415-4485-81B9-1877C22AD5F3@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I can't sem to be able to view all the clips in my collection in the
> >> >> > collection pane at one time. ONly one clip is viewable at a time.
> >> >> > Does
> >> >> > anyone
> >> >> > know what the problem could be?
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > jetmech217
> >> >>
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