Timeline View

ArtZero

Newbie Joined: Oct 31, 2012 11:31 Messages: 10 Offline

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Nov 02, 2012 14:08

You know how in the Timeline View, you can click and hold on the bar that shows the time and drag left or right to expand/squish the different tracks? Is there a setting or something where I can have the timeline set to be in increments of 30 seconds or 1 minute or something?

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 02, 2012 22:19

I do not know of a setting like that. __________________________________
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PlaySound

Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline

Nov 02, 2012 23:48

Quote: You know how in the Timeline View, you can click and hold on the bar that shows the time and drag left or right to expand/squish the different tracks? Is there a setting or something where I can have the timeline set to be in increments of 30 seconds or 1 minute or something?

I do not know if I understand right, if zoon in / out the time line see image


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Nov 03, 2012 18:36

In general the timeline view cannot be preset to a specific ruler scale. But why would you want to ? Win 10, i7

ArtZero

Newbie Joined: Oct 31, 2012 11:31 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 03, 2012 19:23

Because of the example provided. Say I'm working on a large movie file (i.e. a 45 minute hockey game). I want to only have clips of the action, so I start splitting the file to show key scenes, adding a little scorebox, putting in captions to put funny comments. In the first pic, all the tracks are nice and easy to view. When I close the project, and reopen it later to continue editting it, the timeline gets all smooshed together like in pic #2, and I end up having to adjust it.

I'm just looking for a nice convenient thing, either having it retain the current timeline ruler setting, or some setting that would automatically set the timeline ruler a specific way so my project doesn't get auto-squished.


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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Nov 03, 2012 20:19

So, when you expand the time line and save the project, you want it to save the time line setting, whatever that is. Correct? __________________________________
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ArtZero

Newbie Joined: Oct 31, 2012 11:31 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 03, 2012 20:27

Quote: So, when you expand the time line and save the project, you want it to save the time line setting, whatever that is. Correct?

That is correct. That or have it always be consistent instead of changing every time I open an existing project

Xerox

Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Aug 09, 2009 01:36 Messages: 446 Offline

Nov 04, 2012 02:14

I never noticed before, but PDR is consistent in where the end of the last clip is positioned. For example, after you open a project, put a piece of tape on your screen to mark where the last frame is located. Now open other projects and note where the last frame of those projects is located. Except for very short movies, I suppose, the last frame of the project ends at the tape on your screen. Gateway DX4380, AMD A8-5500 Quad Core 3.2GHz with ATI Radeon HD 7560D; 16GB RAM; 1 TB SATA 7200 RPM; Windows 8 Pro 64-bit; PDR11, PDVD12.