keyframe timeline question

VideoDentist wrote on 1/6/2003, 7:35 AM

Does anyone know how the keyframe timeline relates to the main timeline. I get confused when I am trying to coordinate keyframe points with the timeline.

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ibliss wrote on 1/6/2003, 7:48 AM

In a way it depends on the media.

If you are using generated media then the keyframes have no relation to the timeline at all - instead the keyframes are related to the length of the generated media clip. To make the clip longer you need to enter a new value in the 'Length' box at the top of the media generator window.

Track FX/Track Motion keyframes relate directly to the timeline - 1 sec=1sec, 40 sec=40sec.

Event FX/Pan Crop keyframes again relate to the timeline, but based on WHERE THE MEDIA IS PLACED on the timeline. So if you have a 10 second event at the start of a project, a keyframe at 1sec = 1sec on the timeline. If you move the event so that it starts at 30Seconds on the timeline, a keyframe at 1sec = 31sec on the time line.

The most important thing to watch is the 'Sync cursor' button in the FX/Motion/Pan Crop windows. It 'moves the cursor in the keyframe controller timeline to correspond to the track view cursor' when switched on (to quote the 'what's this' popup!)

Hope this helps