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Images as shots

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Still images as shots are not built. Roadmap, Ideas Parking Lot, "Images as first-class shots".

Not all portfolio work moves. A model render, a lookdev frame or a concept painting is a shot too: Shotwork imports still images as shots you describe, rate and filter like any other, and puts them on a reel for as long as you choose.

Before you start

Steps

  1. Choose File › Import Clips… (Ctrl+I) and select the images, or File › Import Clips from Folder… and select a folder of them.
  2. Read the summary, and choose the add button.
  3. Describe, tag and rate the new shots as usual. See Describe a shot.

Each image becomes a source with one shot, named after its file, and its thumbnail is the image itself.

What happens

  • An image shot has no length of its own. On a reel it holds for a default length, and Holds for sets any other.
  • Everything that works on shots works on it: the filter box, the reel's shot picker, draft reels and AI assistants.
  • Export Shots writes it as a still clip of the chosen length, with its metadata file beside it.
  • It is a shot, not a slideshow. Each image is one shot, and the reel decides how long it holds and what comes before and after it.