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Importing Files

Flix 5 provides the option to import content. Importing content can be used to update panel versions.

Importing new content into Flix 5 is a very important function that provides many people involved in the storyboarding process the ability to contribute to a sequence. Whether they are using other programs to create images, dialogue, or audio files, or want to import files from another Flix 5 sequence or project, you want as much flexibility as possible in the pre-visualization process. Flix 5 allows you to import these files, and version them the same as you would with any other storyboard component.

Imported images or audio files are kept within the Panel Libraries. These imports consist of libraries, which can be panels, animated panels, staging, audio files, or reference files. Import brings new libraries into Flix 5. You can choose to add these to the sequence or leave them in the Panel Libraries until you are ready to use them. New, copied, or duplicated panels added to the Sequence Editor pane are automatically added into the Panel Libraries as well.

Importing Drawings

To import still panels into the Panel Libraries:

1.

Start Flix 5 and load your project, sequence, version, and branch.

2.

In the Edit workspace, click on the Import button in the Panel Libraries.

The Choose Files To Import dialog launches a file browser.

3.

Select the file or files you want to import within the file browser and press Open.

The panel is added to the sequence after the current selected panel and is displayed in the Panel Libraries as well. If you cannot see the panel in the Panel Libraries, switch to All Loaded in the Display dropdown menu.

Note:  Importing a drawing causes Flix 5 to autosave your work, unless a previous action caused an autosave in the last 5 minutes. Flix 5 keeps track of up to 10 autosave snapshots, after which the oldest is overwritten by the next autosave.

4.

Select an option from the Display dropdown menu to filter which libraries are shown in the Panel Libraries pane. The options for the display are:

• AllLoaded,

Note:  The All Loaded option doesn't necessarily display all the panels in the sequence. Unless you view the relevant libraries (a, m, p, ref, rlo, s, and so on) first, there may not be any panels visible in All Loaded. Only those libraries that have been viewed in the current session are displayed.

• None,

• a (animated),

• m (master),

• p (panel),

• ref (reference),

• rlo (rough layout), and

• s (staging).

Note:  If you want to import more than one panel at once, select multiple files in the file browser before pressing Open.

To import animated panels into the Panel Libraries:

1.

Start Flix 5 and load your project, sequence, version, and branch.

2.

In the Edit workspace, Shift+click on the Import button in the Panel Libraries.

The Choose Files To Import dialog launches a file browser.

3.

Select the files you want to import as an animated panel. The still panels you select are grouped into a single animated panel in the Panel Libraries. Press Open.

The animated panel is added to the sequence after the current selected panel and is displayed in the Panel Libraries as well. If you cannot see the panel in the Panel Libraries, switch to All Loaded in the Display dropdown menu.

Note:  Animated panels are marked with an indicator at the bottom left corner of the panel.

4.

Select an option from the Display dropdown menu to filter which libraries are shown in the Panel Libraries pane. The options for the display are the same as the options shown above, for importing only one panel.

Note:  You cannot import more than one animated panel at once, as selecting multiple files is how Flix 5 knows what to include in the animated panel.

Importing Audio

Flix 5 allows you to import audio to play it back with a sequence.

To import audio into the Panel Libraries:

1.

Start Flix 5 and load your project, sequence, version, and branch.

2.

In the Edit workspace, click on the Import button in the Panel Libraries.

The Choose Files To Import dialog launches a file browser.

3.

Select the audio file you want to import within the file browser and press Open.

When the import has finished, the message "Successfully imported audio" appears.

Note:  Flix 5 can only import .mp3 files.

Importing MOV Files

Flix 5 allows you to import reference .mov files.

To import .mov files into Flix 5:

4.

In the Edit workspace, click on the Import button in the Panel Libraries.

The Choose Files To Import dialog launches a file browser.

5.

Select the .mov file you want to import within the file browser and press Open.

The .mov file is imported in Flix 5 as an animated panel.

Note:  Flix 5 can also import .mp4 files.

Note:  If you want to import more than one .mov file at once, select multiple .mov files in the file browser before pressing Open.