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right click in the gallery and select import ] multimedia video/audio.
a window opens.
in the top section of the window, choose the files you would like to import.
you can import several files at a time (batch import) or you can import one file.
in the top half of the screen, use the windows browsing tools to find the files you wish to import. add a series of clips or a single clip by pressing the add button. add all the qualifying clips by clicking the add all button.
if you add clips by accident, select them in the bottom half of the screen and click the remove button.
press the settings button to open a tabbed window.
the first tab allows you to determine how non-standard image sizes are interpreted.
depending on the size at which your images were created, you may need to adjust how they are fit to video size (720 x 486 for ntsc or 720 x 576 for pal). if your image is larger than this, it may be cropped or squished, depending on the option you choose. if it is smaller, it may be stretched, or the extra area will be filled in with black. if you choose stretch, the image will not maintain its aspect ratio. from the drop-down menu, you can choose to have the image scaled to fill the normal screen's height and width, or to fill just the safe image or safe title area.
the resize drop-down menu allows you to choose the interpolation method that is used to rescale. bilinear rescaling uses a simplistic filter to produce relatively clean and fast results. bicubic rescaling uses a filter which produces a nominal result. nearest crops or duplicates pixels as needed. this generally produces the fastest rendering, but is somewhat crude.
depending on the system you created the images in, you may have to reorder your field dominance on import. two methods are provided. swap fields inverts fields 1 and 2, fields 3 and 4, etc. shift image down one scanline plays the information for line 1 on line 2, etc.
on the video tab, choose the data rate you would like the video to be converted at, and if you wish to save the video somewhere other than the default location as determined by your project management settings, use the browse button to do so.
if you will be rotoscoping the images and recording over them, you should turn on fixed field size. this ensures that each frame will take up exactly the frame rate you have assigned, adding padding where required.
on the alpha tab, you can create an alpha channel. if you enable alpha channel creation, the rest of the fields, which have to do with setting the data rate for that alpha channel, become available. if you also check the same as video check box, the alpha channel is stored at the same data rate as the video. otherwise, choose a data rate for your alpha channel.
the audio tab is where you can choose where to save the audio portions of your files. you can also adjust some standard data rate settings.
when you are ready to import, press the go! button. a progress bar appears on the screen. as clips are converted, you can watch their progress.