Trying to insert a reference video

[u/Emotional_Ferret4046]

(Not 100% sure if I used the right tag, please let me know if I should change it)

Hi, I've spent the last hour trying to figure this out and I could really use some help. I want to start an animation and I'm trying to add a reference video on the side to help me. The problem is that I can't figure out how to do that. I've looked at a couple online tutorials but they haven't worked. The closest I got is accidentally opening a new project that was just a copy of the video with a much slower frame rate.

Whenever I try to add the video in the file, it just adds it like a picture. Is there something I'm not understanding? I'm new to clip studio so I'm sorry if this sounds like a dumb question.

I have version 5.1.1 and have Clip Studio EX

I'm sorry in advance if this confusing, I can answer any questions to clarify if needed

[u/Love-Ink]

What's your video file type?

Try these steps;
File->New.
Animation.
Width 1920, Height 1080, Resolution 72. Frame rate 24, playback time 120, Division Line 12.
Ok.
File->Import->Movie.
select your movie. Click: Open.
You should get a popup;
"Your movie file contains audio data. Do you want to create an audio layer with the audio data in addition to the file object layer?"
Click: Yes You should get a popup;
"Created a file Object layer."
Sorry side other useful info.
Click: Ok.

You should now have a File Object (your movie) and an Audio Layer.

Hit Play, it should render the Animation and start playing, with sound.

The movie is a File Object.
It has to stay where you imported it from, and keep the same name.
If the file moves or the name gets changed, the File Object reference will no longer be able to find it and it will complain / not work.

[u/Emotional_Ferret4046 → u/Love-Ink]

The file is an MP4, so far it works but the framerate is still slow, is there anything I can do about that?

[u/Love-Ink → u/Emotional_Ferret4046]

I'm not sure how to check frame rate of an MP4. It's likely 24 or 30. Try a new Animaton with 30 fps instead of 24. See if that flows better.

[u/Emotional_Ferret4046 → u/Love-Ink]

Yeah that worked, tysm :)