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Corobo
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March 23, 2012
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P: Ability to set the default frame duration for newly added clips in the video timeline

  • March 23, 2012
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This request comes from a forum thread where i was asking question about the new video features in cs6 and how they can bw used for animation and storyboarding. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/978719 question number (1)

At present when adding a new clip to the timeframe the default duration is set to 60 frames. It would be very helpful if that value could be set by the user. Currently if you want to animate you have to manually drag the duration of every layer by hand to a shorter value. Time consuming and rather annoying.

I imagine the logical place to put something like this would be the timeline menu. It could be called "default layer duration" and could have the option of setting a time or number of frames. A bonus feature would be to have a check box for setting the duration to "auto duration". This would set the layer duration for an newly created layer to the same length as previous one. For example, if you create a new blank layer and drag is to 15 frames the next layer you create will also be 15 frames long.

A feature like this could really speed up the storyboarding and animation workflow.

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    SpectacularKevin
    SpectacularKevin
    Inspiring
    September 20, 2022

    You can sort of do this by making an action. I just tried it and it worked. Setup an action > press record > make a new animation frame > drag it to 1 frame (or however many you need) and then stop the record button. You can set that action to a hot-key and then just press it to make 1 frame at a time. Play around a bit to customize it the way you want it. 

      helensotiriadis
      helensotiriadis
      Participating Frequently
      April 5, 2021

      Is there still no change/improvement/workaround for this issue?

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      Patrick Deen
      Known Participant
      February 27, 2020
      I've been working on this for a few years, maybe it can help you accomplish some things faster: Animators Toolbar
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        January 29, 2020
        And now that 8 years have passed.  All we want is to bring in many layers, set our frame rate for all layers to .16 fps and cascade the frames from start to end.  Am I missing something, this feels so simple, and something that many would appreciate.
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        July 16, 2018
        From what I can see- still no go...
        Franck Payen
        Franck Payen
        Inspiring
        March 27, 2017
        I wonder where we are 2 years later since I just posted this : 
        https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/ability_to_trim_or_extend_multiple_video_trac...
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        Nicolas Ménard
        Participating Frequently
        June 16, 2015


        In Photoshop's timeline, we can select multiple layers and move them at the same time, but what we can't do is select multiple layers and resize them at the same time like in After Effects.

        We have to go through each layer, resize them one by one, or Split multiple layers, then select all of the leftovers and delete them.

        This fix would be very helpful, especially when you work with tons of layers.

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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        June 16, 2015


        I would like to make a videoclip with all my pictures of holliday. I created a videotimeline but how can i now change the duration of all clips/frames at once? You have to do it one by one now? Same with the cross fading between all frames/clips. It has to be done one by one :-(
        Thank, you for your help!
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        June 16, 2015


        I tied to create slideshow with CS6 but found 5 seconds is a bit too long.
        What can I do?
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        June 16, 2015


        I would like to make a videoclip/slideshow containing about 100 pictures. i import all pictures in 1 document and in the videotimeline i click ==> make frames from clips so all my layers are arranged so one picture starts after another but ==> one picture is now appearing abut 1 second. How can i select all my layers (frames) at once and change the duration of the frames to about 5 seconds for all pictures at once?
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