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  • ‘Composition settings’ duration displayed in frames, not seconds.

    Posted by Christopher Mallan on September 17, 2014 at 2:04 pm

    Hey

    I simply want to change my comp duration to a specific time in seconds but the ‘duration’ box has mysteriously changed from time (HH:MM:SS:FF) to individual frames (FFFFF)

    How do I change this back? I dont want to have to work out the required duration in individual frames every time i want to set a specific duration.

    Thanks

    Chris

    Walter Soyka replied 11 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Walter Soyka

    September 17, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    From the docs on Change time-display units [link]:

    To cycle through Timecode Base, or Frames / Feet + Frames (depending if you have the “Use Feet + Frames” option checked in the Project Settings), Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the current-time display. The current-time display is in the upper-left corner of the Timeline panel and at the bottom of the Layer, Composition, and Footage panels. (See Timeline panel.) The option that is not selected in Project Settings will be displayed as smaller text underneath.

    To change time display units, choose File > Project Settings, and choose from the options in the Time Display Style section.

    Walter Soyka
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