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Hi,

I'm currently working on a video (editing in Resolve 12) where I need to use some of my clients old family photos as cutaways. They have all been supplied by the client as jpegs and Resolve recognises most of them as images. However, there are a handful that Resolve seems to think are videos. As you can see from the attached screenshot the "Type" is "Video" on some of them, even though the "Format" is "JPEG". The images which Resolve thinks are videos take on the properties of a video clip with 3 frames so it won't let me extend the in and out points beyond 3 frames.

The best work around I've found so far is cutting it into the timeline, going to the Color tab and selecting "Grab Still" then exporting that still as a jpeg from Resolve and re-importing it.

Has anyone else had this experience? I can't notice anything different about the photo properties between the ones that work and the ones that don't.

Any help appreciated.

Many Thanks,
Matt

Page 213 of the latest manual...

Adding Individual Frames From Image Sequences
If you’re working with image sequences, or with sequentially numbered image files from any source, DaVinci Resolve automatically presents them as clips in the Media Storage browser. This is good if that’s what they are, but there are instances where sets of photos, of which each frame is in actuality a separate media file, are also sequentially numbered. For this reason, you can import individual frames, rather then entire image sequences.
To add an individual frame from a number sequence of images in the Media Storage browser:
1. Click the Media Storage browser option menu, and choose Show Individual Frames. Each image sequence is now separated into its individual frames, allowing you to select only the frames you need.
2. Use any of the previous described methods to add the frames you want to the Media Pool as individual clips.


This control is located at the top right of the MEDIA page to the right of the search symbol and looks like this ...

Thanks for your help Jack. That's fixed the problem.

Great tip, thank you!

This did not solve my problem. Please help!