batch job import system for image sequences and slide shows

[Helen McCall]

Hi

I have 50 png images and want to create a movie with them. I know how many seconds each image should be displayed for.

Is there some way I can load a text/csv file with

img00.png, duration0
img01.png, duration1
img0n.png, durationn

Such that Openshot imports the images and creates a timeline of images with sequence and durations as per the text/csv file?

[Helen McCall (wildnfree)]

added to wish list

[Dan Dennedy (dan-dennedy)]

MLT natively supports image sequences and folders of images by filename extension. Neither of these require a companion text file. To see what I mean, given the above example: melt img%02d.png. It is important to follow printf-style format string rules. The 0 in that pattern is extremely important. To load all JPEGs in a folder: melt folder/.all.jpg.

See mlt/demo/mlt_slideshow for an example of how to set the duration of a slide and apply a transition between each slide.
See also Kdenlive's abilty to leverage this capability.

[Jonathan Thomas (jonoomph)]

This can already be accomplished with OpenShot's image sequence support, and/or the "Add to Timeline" feature.