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graemef85263418
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February 26, 2019
Question

Step Forward / Back 1 Frame option is misbehaving

  • February 26, 2019
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Hi.

I noticed yesterday that the Step Forward 1 Frame / Step Back 1 Frame options on Premiere Pro (13.0.3) are now jumping forward / backward by 4 or 5 frames at a time, and not just 1.  This happens whether I click the buttons below the Preview window, or if I use the left and right arrow keyboard shortcuts.  I checked the field on the Playback tab of the Preferences window, and found that it was set to 5 frames, but changing it back to 1 frame has made no difference.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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    salvo34
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2021

    old keyboards used to have a shift lock key. now it is called caps lock. if caps lock is on then it's like having shift key down ( locked ). shift and arrow advances or retreats ( default) 5 frames.

    if windows a sticky keys feature ( if it's turned on in OS) will automatically turn on shift lock if you hit the shift key 5 times. I have sticky keys totally OFF in my OS.

    1 frame = 1 frame, no matter what the fps is.

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      ThreeRingCreations LLC
      Participant
      March 25, 2021

      I had this issue when updating to 2021 version of premiere pro.  I found that the timeline looked like it was not stepping forward at all, but what was really going on was it was stepping forward one .00001 of a second.  I was able to figure it out by the noticing the  playhead position was moving forward one .00001 of a second. 

      Not sure how to fix... 😞

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      ThePrEditor
      Participant
      September 18, 2021

      Not sure if it helps anyone now so late but I figured out the answer to the same problem that I had. Was driving me insane why the playhead was going so damn slow. First. It was going in microseconds instead of the frame rate. And not it doesn't have to do with the framerate of the video. It has to do with the audio. Go to Program monitor, click the spanner on the bottom right and deselect audio time. Voila!!!

       

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        gsounds
        Participant
        April 13, 2022

        I've been having this same problem for weeks but this fixed it! Thanks!

          Ann Bens
          Community Expert
          Ann BensCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 26, 2019

          The Preferences is for step back/forward MANY frames. Many is default 5 frames.

          May want to reset preferences.

          FAQ: How to reset (trash) preferences.

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          graemef85263418Author
          Known Participant
          February 28, 2019

          Thank you for your response.

          I did see this proposed solution in the forum for a similar issue dating a year or two back, but as it seems a tad invasive to me I was hoping that someone had come up with a "better" solution in the interim.  Not to worry though - good to have a fix in the back pocket!

          Ann Bens
          Community Expert
          Ann BensCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 28, 2019

          Its not invasive: it is setting the program back to its default setting.

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