Unable to edit iMovie video? (animation)

[NStocks]

Hello,

I'm creating an animation with a series of PNG files - 1,200 in total where the final movie is just over 1 minute long.

I've set each clip at 0.1 seconds long (the minimum) however I need to speed up the entire movie to make it run smoother. I've exported the movie and played it in quicktime, where scrubbing it to make it run faster creates a much smoother video.

I've re-imported the clip to iMovie, however the options to edit it ((Modify > fast Forward) are greyed out. The movie itself is still split into individual frames (which is a good thing?) but I can't speed it up. The tortoise icon is also greyed out in the 'Adjust' window pane.

Could anyone provide insight why this isn't working?

Thanks

 

[NStocks]

Firs time using iMovie - what am I missing here?

 

[faustfire]

Use QuicktimePlayer_V1 to turn your image sequence into a video.

File/Open Image Sequence, find and open the first frame of your PNG sequence.

 

[NStocks]

Use QuicktimePlayer_V1 to turn your image sequence into a video.

File/Open Image Sequence, find and open the first frame of your PNG sequence.

This is directly using Quicktime? I don't have those options (I'm using Yosemite Beta)

EDIT: It looks like I would need to buy this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/D3380Z/A/quicktime-7-pro-for-mac-os-x

Is is possible to add and edit music as well as simple fade in/out transitions in QT Pro?

 

[faustfire]

Sorry, didn't know it was only in pro.

Try this:

http://www.studiodaily.com/2011/12/...lapse-footage-with-gopro-cineform-studio-1-1/

Seems the free version of the GoPro Cineform software will assemble an
image sequence as well. He show how to do it in the first minute of the tutorial.

Edit: No, Quicktime pro has no options for any type of fades or transitions.

 

[NStocks]

Sorry, didn't know it was only in pro.

Try this:

http://www.studiodaily.com/2011/12/...lapse-footage-with-gopro-cineform-studio-1-1/

Seems the free version of the GoPro Cineform software will assemble an
image sequence as well. He show how to do it in the first minute of the tutorial.

Edit: No, Quicktime pro has no options for any type of fades or transitions.

I've managed to speed it up using Adobe premiere Pro. GoPro crashes every time I import images.

I'd like to export from iMovie at a higher resolution (my source files are 3840 x 2400 pixels) however iMovie will only allow for 1080p. Is there a way to improve on that?

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[faustfire]

No problem. : )

If you have access to PPro, I would just run through a basic getting started
tutorial for it and then use it to do your edit. Dropping your footage in and adding a few transitions is super easy, and you can export at whatever size/resolution you want. PPro will also import you image sequence easily as well, just go to File/Import and make sure "Image Sequence" is checked at the bottom of the window.