Timeline doesn’t play from beginning in Motion.

[Robin S. kurz]

Never heard of anything like that. A screenshot of the timeline might help.

[Jim Wigler]

https://youtu.be/1NNGgPHo0OY <—— First 15 seconds of sizzle reel

At 0, the timeline won’t play, but at frame 1 it plays… 😛

I also uploaded a screenshot, but I don’t know where it is.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Jim Wigler] “At 0, the timeline won’t play, but at frame 1 it plays”

My guess is that it’s simply needing a very long time to render the first couple of frames, seeing that the text-blur-stretch-glow thing going on is rather extreme. Have you simply tried a RAM preview (⌘R) first?

[Jim Wigler] “I also uploaded a screenshot, but I don’t know where it is.”

Huh? You don’t know where you uploaded it? 😀

Or maybe you mean the image upload function HERE? Yeah, it’s anything but intuitive to use. You click the little camera above your text, then choose what to upload in the next window, THEN you select the image in the list on the RIGHT to then copy the embed code on the LEFT and paste that into your post. No idea which genius was working overtime on that one. 😉

[Jim Wigler]

Robin, thank you so much for trying to help. I think I figured it out.

At the very beginning of the timeline there seems to be a range selector.

When I pull the right cursor out to make a range, the timeline plays from zero.

I can’t wait to learn this program!

xoxoxoxo,

Jim

[Robin S. kurz]

[Jim Wigler] “At the very beginning of the timeline there seems to be a range selector.”

Ah yes. Then there’s that. Had crossed my mind, but seemed too banal to mention. Should go with my intuition.

Yes, that’s the play range in-point selector. They can both be reset with ⌥X by the way.

[Robin S. kurz]

And might I suggest taking a look here: https://www.rippletraining.com/categories/apple-pro-apps-tutorials/motion-5-tutorials.html

Worth every penny.