Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 106)

6 Once shots have been placed into the Timeline, save your project.
To import a folder of shots into the Timeline
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose File > Import > Clip.
• Click the Setup tab.
2 Use the navigation controls at the top left of the file browser to find the directory
containing the media you want to import.
Tip: If the directory you need is on another hard drive, click the Up Directory button
repeatedly until you’re at the top level of your computer’s directory structure, then
double-click the Volumes directory to open it. This will provide you with a list of all the
hard drives and partitions that are currently mounted on your system. From here, it should
be easy to find the directory you need.
3 Click once to select the directory.
An Import Folder button appears within the file browser.
4 Click the Import Folder button to edit every shot within that folder into the Timeline, one
after the other, starting at the position of the playhead.
Important: When you import a folder of shots, all shots that are contained by subfolders
within the selected folder are also imported. This makes it convenient to import an entire
nested hierarchy of image sequence media that has been organized into multiple
individual folders.
Compatible Media Formats
Color is compatible with a wide variety of QuickTime files and image sequences. The
following sections provide information about all of these formats:
• Compatible QuickTime Codecs for Import
• Compatible Third-Party QuickTime Codecs
• Compatible Image Sequence Formats
Compatible QuickTime Codecs for Import
The list of codecs that are supported by Color is limited to high-quality codecs suitable
for media exchange and mastering. Codec support falls into four categories, listed in the
chart that follows:
• QuickTime codecs that are supported by Color when importing projects and media.
(These appear in column 1 of the table below.)
106 Chapter 4 Importing and Managing Projects and Media