Why can’t I put a still onto the time line?

[Duke Sweden]

I just did it with a .jpg. What file type are you trying to place? Resolve is weird sometimes with file types.

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[Terence Christopher]

p.s. I should explain that I was intending to put stills in the middle of the time line to provide chapter headings. I have not attempted this before. Previously I have put stills at the beginning and end without a problem. Perhaps the problem is with the synchronisation of the time line

[Terence Christopher]

Just a regular .jpg from a camera. I have been around the loop a dozen times, trying to copy and paste as well as taking the jpg from the bin displaying it on the source viewer and then trying to insert it into the time line. I tried to insert it into the second time line that I was using for text overlays. I was then thinking but didn’t try to create a third timeline just for jpg I think in Vegas it might be necessary to put it in a keyframe but I don’t understand that in the Da Vinci setting. I have also tried to make certain that the image is in the right file in the project as that might be the problem though I had hoped that by copying and pasting that I would bypass those issues.

[Marc Wielage]

What happens if you open up a new video track and drop it just above where you want it to go, using the playhead to show where it needs to start?

Note that in the User Prefs under Editing, you can specify the minimum number of frames (or seconds) a still can have by default when dragged to the timeline. I’m not a fan of JPG stills because of the loss (and because they’re often 8-bit), but 10-bit TIFFs or PNGs can work OK. I use them all the time for various projects, and it’s not hard to do.

[Terence Christopher]

I was thinking about that but didn’t try it as I thought I might be going off track. Each track is independent of the others isn’t it? Thanks for your suggestion Marc you gave me the incentive I needed.
Graham

[George Dean]

Terence, interesting you are having this issue. I can simply drag and drop a still from the Media Pool onto a track above the clip track (jpg or png), or place it on the clip track. Vegas works the same way they treat still the same as video clips and play the length you set it as. Also, like Marc I prefer png or tiff as they are usually better quality than jpg, easier to color and grade and if you need alpha it is there.

Best Regards……George

[Terence Christopher]

Thanks Marc and George. I have opened a new track immediately above my primary video track and have another track (3) above that for any text overlays I need to use. I seem to be incapable of putting any still image on it though. I have tried different one without success. I don’t know how to define the characteristics of a track ie for still video sound or whatever else so all of video tracks are labelled as that. I must have fouled up my stills folder in some way so that stills are not accepted. I have been searching the Manual for information on stills but can’t find anything so can’t see where I have got it fouled up. I know there is a magic bullet hiding in plain site somewhere. Is there a way I can review the properties of each track where I can find the error? I am really reluctant to delete the project and start again as I am 80% finished (I think!!!!)
I really appreciate your assistance
Terence

[Michael Gissing]

Maybe a screen shot of your timeline and the stills bin (set to thumbnails view).

You’ve tried just dragging to the timeline from the bin?

[Terence Christopher]

Mainly yes I have been dragging just this one file from the bin I will try to set up the screen shots you recommended. I have been reading through chapterS 2+3 of the manual to double check my settings and found that there the setting for the stills gallery was mixed up. I have a computer with 2 Tb drive but most of my files are on a NAS. The system set itself up not knowing about the NAS and worked. Then not knowing whether the HD would gradually fill up. I got the impression that I should put the ?? temporary stores on the NAS. I now have made them both accessible as they should have been before. Hopefully that will help. I will get back with the screen shots
Thanks for your help
Terence

[Terence Christopher]

Michael

Here is a screenshot I tried to take it while attempting to paste into track 2 with the no entry sign showing, However that seems not to have worked.
I think I will try from scratch again just in case there is something that I did earlier which fouled it up