Keyframing multiple FX annoyance

fwtep wrote on 6/23/2003, 10:10 PM
Does it bother anyone else that when you have more than one effect, like lets say Glow and Sepia, and you are zoomed into the timeline to keyframe one, when you click on the timeline for the other one it zooms out all the way? Why can't it just stay as is but have the other timeline selected?

For example, I'm setting a keyframe for Glow on frame 20 and I'm zoomed in to that part of the timeline. When I click on the Sepia timeline (which I sometimes do by accident just because of bad aim) BAM I'm all the way zoomed out. It's extraordinarily annoying. Am I just doing something wrong? Is there a way to set it not to do that? If not, can that be changed in a future update?

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fwtep wrote on 6/24/2003, 2:04 PM
Does no one else have this problem or is there just no solution?
jetdv wrote on 6/24/2003, 2:33 PM
Nope, doesn't happen here. Timeline stays at whatever zoom level it is no matter where I click. Change it, still stays no matter where I click.
sdmoore wrote on 6/24/2003, 4:34 PM
Yes, I see it. It's not specific to Sepia either - it happens with any Video Event FX.

Scott
roger_74 wrote on 6/24/2003, 5:08 PM
I've been bothered by that too...
fwtep wrote on 6/24/2003, 6:50 PM
jetdv wrote:
> Nope, doesn't happen here. Timeline stays at whatever
> zoom level it is no matter where I click. Change it, still
> stays no matter where I click.

I'm talking about the timeline in the FX window not the main timeline. Try this:

1) Add two effects to a video and make some keyframes for each.

2) Zoom into the timeline on one of the effects, then click on the timeline of the other effect.

As soon as you select the timeline on the other effect (step 2) it pops back to zoomed all the way out on the timeline of both.

Fred

PS: Yes sdmoore, I know it does it on all effects, I was using Sepia as an example. :-)
jetdv wrote on 6/24/2003, 6:54 PM
You're right - it DID do that. Interesting - never noticed it before.

I was looking at the Track Motion timeline before instead of the Effects timeline (NOT the main timeline).
Erk wrote on 6/25/2003, 10:13 AM
I agree. In an otherwise great program, this is an annoyance. With a few FX and a few keyframes, you really lose your place when clicking on different FX.

G