Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
You can hardly f find a new DSLR these days that doesn't include the abilit y to shoot
high-definition video, so we're lucky that Lightroom 4 lets you import this video.
Besides adding metadata, sorting them in collections, adding ratings, labels, Picks
flags, and so on, you really can't do much video editing per se (see Chapter 3 for more
on what you can do with them), but at least now these are no longer invisible files
in our workflow (plus you can easily preview them). Here's how it works:
from Your DSLR
Step One:
When you're in the Import window, you'll
know which files are video files because
they'll have a little movie camera icon in
the bottom-left corner of the thumbnail
(shown circled here in red). When you
click the Import button, these video clips
will import into Lightroom and appear
right alongside your still images (of course,
if you don't want these videos imported,
turn off their checkboxes in the top-left
corner of their thumbnail cell).
Step Two:
Once the video clip has been imported into
Lightroom, in the Grid view, you'll no longer
see the movie camera icon, but you'll see
the length of the clip in the bottom-left
corner of it. You can see a larger view of
the first frame by just selecting the video,
then pressing the Spacebar on your com-
puter or clicking on that time stamp.
