Slide Show Picture Duration

[n3vpc]

Hi

I am working on a slide show and I want to change the Viewing Duration of
all photo’s within the project to 8 seconds. Can I do this? How?

Also is there a way to change this duration permanently so that all slide show pictures will have an 8 second duration at time of a projects creation? Again, if possible, how?

I can change each photo but with over 100 in this project alone this can be quite tedious.


Thanks for any help offered,
Bill

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

From - File ¡V Preferences - Edit tab change the default image duration.
Also change the default transition time here.

With the images already in the timeline, select the images using Shift+click

From - Clip ¡V Change image / colour duration

Hope this Helps

Trevor

[n3vpc]

Many thanks!

I could not change all clips using shift + click BUT

re-doing the project AFTER your advise, and using preference/edit All Is Well! All pictures load into storyboard & timeline at 8 seconds.

Thanks so much for your prompt return!

I also assume with this change all photo's will respond in this manner to new project's started? Also will this have an effect back on new projects for Video work?

Bill

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Bill

Shift + Click should work.

If you click the first Image, scroll the timeline to the last image Shift +Click should select all clips in that timeline

Also if you use Ctrl + ¡¥A¡¦ you will select all clips in all timelines.

Trevor

[n3vpc]

shift and control.

Second part? Does changing have effect on later Video projects?

Change back to default in preferences? I forgot the orginial setting!

Bill-----------------THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A LIFE SAVER

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Bill

Setting the default from File ¡V Preferences will effect all new clips inserted to the timeline. For all projects. these settings are your choice, your preference.

Changing the duration using Clip-Change image colour Duration only affects the project you are working on

Trevor

[n3vpc]

Yes Trevor understood.

BUT when you go back into the program for regular video work does that new setting affect it?

Bill

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

The settings you apply to File-- Preferences are global and will affect all projects you work on, but are not retrospective.

That is, images imserted to the timeline will keep there duration, new images will use the default duration.

Trevor

[kebrinton]

One question seems to be left unanswered:

When you come to your computer on another day with a new project in mind -- new slide show, new everything -- will the Preferences you set today still be in effect?

My experience is NO: You have to set Preferences for each new project. "Saving" a project midway stores those Preferences so the project itself will always retain them, until you change them yourself.

A new project is another story.

Additional comment: If you have two hard drives, you should try to put your Working folder on a different drive from the one with your VS program file. There are two places where you set this, in Preferences: the left-hand tab, and the right-hand one (forget their names).

[Black Lab]

Using VS10+, I just changed my preferences for image duration, fade duration, and transition duration, then closed VS. Re-opened VS and my new settings were present.

[jchunter]

1) Shift Click works only if you turn off Ripple-Edit - otherwise, the menu option "Change Color/Duration" is dimmed out and does not allow you to select multiple images and change duration all at once.

2) Preferences are globally-acting on all projects, new and old, which makes it really difficult to concurrently work on different types of projects (DV, HDV, mpeg2, WMF, etc.). You have to remember to manually setup prefs each time. I have requested Ulead to save the preferences in each project file, so that when you reopen that project, the editing environment is reestablished to what it was the last time you worked on it.

3) Properties of any edited object in the timeline of an established project are retained in that project, so, a duration of 4 seconds in a specific image in the timeline will not be changed by changing the default image duration in Preferences, later.