Frame selection

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Hello,

I want to know if there is any way I can keep my playhead between two frames. I mean between frames 15 and 16, I want to place my playhead in 15.5, and want to animate there. I tried placing decimal 15.5 in the time display box, but didn't work.

Thank you.

Rick Gerard · Accepted Answer

The CTI (current time indicator) in an NLE, 3D app or compositing app like AE is always at the start of a frame. Time is measured in Frames, and the frame is the smallest unit of time.

Set the comp rate to 60 and set a keyframe at 0:00:03:07, zoom all the way in on the timeline, and the keyframe will be at 3:07. Change the Frame Rate to 30, and the CTI will move to 3:04, but the keyframe will be in between 3:03 and 3:04. The change will happen at 3:03 and not 3:03.5 because the smallest increment of time is the frame.

Mylenium · Answer

This is not really possible. If you want such trickery, you have to double the frame-rate to 60 FPS, then put that comp back into a 30 FPS comp for rendering. Doesn't really do, much, though. Unless you use very heavy motion blur the inbetween step will simply disappear again.

Mylenium

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