Dropping folders and the VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS bins

Applies to 0.11Updated 5 Nov 20262 min read

Drop several folders on the timeline or the Project panel. Every file is placed, media is sorted into VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS bins, and unreadable files are skipped and listed.

Dropping folders

• On the timeline: every file of every folder dropped is placed, also files already in the project, in the order of their files.
• On the Project panel: drop over any row. Files go into that item's bin, and on a sequence's row into that sequence's bin.

VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS bins

Everything in a dropped or imported folder, in any subfolder, goes into a VIDEO, IMAGES or AUDIOS bin. They are made once and used again next time.

To keep one bin per folder instead, turn off Settings › Editing › Importing folders › Sort media from folders into VIDEO, IMAGES and AUDIOS bins.

Progress

A folder, or more than three files, shows a small window: "Importing 13 items…" with "5 of 13 — name" and a bar. Stop keeps what was read; importing again brings in the rest without doubles.

Files that cannot be read

They are skipped and everything else is imported. A window "1 file was not imported" lists each one with its folder and the reason. Click a name to show the file in Finder. A file that cannot be read is often damaged, or a copy that did not finish.