P: Ability to set the default frame duration for newly added clips in the video timeline

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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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FeedbackCommunityMember

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I came looking for this. At the moment, I've been using flash as the animation work horse, with photoshop as the clean up. The process is a little tedious but I like the outcome. But Photoshop's automatic 60 frame BS slows an already slow process. An options feature would be nice, as I only really need one or two frames. ATM I'm just duplicating empty frames to keep them at 1 frame length but it's kinda dumb. I know it's a young feature but I would LOVE to see a more beefed up/efficient timeline.

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seanwickett

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Have you tried the Anim Dessin plugin? It's in the Exchange store.

EDIT: If Adobe added realtime audio scrubbing to the timeline, it'd be game, set and match as an animation app. It wouldn't take much. Even if they took a Photoshop lite approach and added in 2D animation features, it would be step up from anything that's out there.

Seriously, Adobe, please consider adding some basic classical animation features. (Like they'd ever read this!)

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FeedbackCommunityMember

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I'm surprised this was never in the design of the timeline feature.. but I guess it was mainly implemented for video editing and not animation. For animation this is a no brainer.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

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I agree. It would also make sense to be able to select multiple timelines and drag to a longer time span. After all it may not always be necessary to have all the timelines the same length in time.