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flergen
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October 14, 2017
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frame by frame preview in timeline

  • October 14, 2017
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In the previous version of elements I was using you were able to see the video you were editing frame by frame in the timeline. In elements 15 the video in the timeline is a solid blue rectangle. (Expert view). How do I see a frame by frame depiction of the video being edited in the timeline? Getting rid the of the frame by frame view can't be an enhancement. What am I doing wrong?

TIA.

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    Correct answer Steve Grisetti

    Try right-clicking on on the timeline's video track header and selecting the Display Style.

    This is a feature that's a little different in each version of the program, but this should work in versions 15 and 2018.

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    Steve Grisetti
    Brainiac
    October 22, 2017

    Please mark this question as correctly answered.

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    Steve GrisettiCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    October 16, 2017

    Try right-clicking on on the timeline's video track header and selecting the Display Style.

    This is a feature that's a little different in each version of the program, but this should work in versions 15 and 2018.

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      flergenAuthor
      New Participant
      October 22, 2017

      That got it: right click display style, choose all thumbnails. Thanks very much.

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        Steve Grisetti
        Brainiac
        October 16, 2017

        Have you tried my suggestion, flergen? It sounds like it's exactly what you're looking for.

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        Steve Grisetti
        Brainiac
        October 14, 2017

        Click on the filmstrip icon on the track header (to the left of the timeline) to toggle through the various track views.

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        Bill Sprague
        Community Expert
        October 15, 2017

        Next to the filmstrip icon is an arrow icon shown by a circle.  Clicking on it changes the view.  Also, you can hold and drag the bar with the arrow to make the view of the video timeline larger.  And, you can advance frame by frame with the right arrow key.

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        flergenAuthor
        New Participant
        October 15, 2017

        Thank you both for your answers. I see how the toggle works now.

        However, In the screen shot above only the beginning and end of each clip is previewed in the timeline. Is there a way for each frame to preview? I imported a video I was working on before I upgraded to PE15 - it's a series of maybe 100 clips that was rendered as a single mp4. It seems that to edit it further I need to cut it every couple of seconds to see the entire thing frame by frame. Is it the case that only the beginning and end of a particular clip in the time line is previewed?

        Thanks.   

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