Timeline display settings - show video duration

[f nehrer]

In the clips on the timeline, I can see their individual names but I cannot see the individual duration... I have to select IN/OUT or stop with the mouse over it (and thus look at the pop up), every time I want to know the duration individual? Why don't they also allow you to show the duration, in the same way as the individual name, like in Avid Media Composer?

[Kes Akalaonu]

This might be something the Info panel may be able to assist with

[f nehrer]

For me is extremely useful be able to see the individual duration of all clips at the same time in the timeline, how i see the individual clip name...

[Ann Bens]

@Kes Akalaonu Info panel will only show entire duration when multiple clips have been selected.

[Kes Akalaonu]

That's correct but I'm looking at the Info panel now and going through individual clips and it is giving me the duration of a trimmed clip in the timeline as well.

[f nehrer]

But this do not serve to me... I need at the timeline, to do not needs go out to timeline. The individual name clipe is showed directaly at the timeline for this reason. Imagine go to info panel to see the individual clip name while editing.

[Ann Bens]

Closets to your request is hovering over a clip in the timeline, and a little popup will tell you the duration of that clip.

[Kes Akalaonu]

There would be a few issues with this if it were at the clip level. Users would have to account for the name of their clip (which a lot of new users don't when downloading media from the internet) even when video tracks expanded up and down. You can dock timecode panel and/or info panel just about anywhere near your timeline in a custom workspace. But like Ann said, the hover with a mouse is prolly the closest thing you'll get unless they add it as a feature with the new beta UI.

[f nehrer]

There wouldn't be any problem... Actually, there isn't. I've been using it like this for about 20 years on Avid Media Composer. Where read is the name of the clip I just leave the duration of the clip. I look at the timeline while editing and know the length of each clip without having to search forever for the clip in an external panel. I posted it here in "Ideas" just to see if this fits.

With individual clip names:

Without individual clip names:

With individual clip durations:

[Kes Akalaonu]

Your third pic that is supposed to have durations is missing the clip duration added on. It looks the same as the second pic. I'm not saying adding that to the UI is a bad idea. I'd welcome it but I also wanna make sure it can stay visible in minimized and expanded heights without adding more clutter.

[f nehrer]

Precisely... the third image is waiting for Adobe...

If the individual clip name doesn't cause confusion, why would the individual clip length cause confusion?

Just imagine, the individual clip length in place of the individual clip name...

[ScottSimmons]

I think the short answer here is Premiere does not do this in the way Media Composer does. Avid has a number of different options for display in clip text that Premiere does not. It would be useful so perhaps you could make a feature request could be made.

[f nehrer]

I thought I was just making a feature request here...

[Ann Bens]

 thought I was just making a feature request here...

By @f nehrer

You are, the thread is still on the Idea board.

[Stan Jones]

@f nehrer,

> Precisely... the third image is waiting for Adobe...

I laughed out loud on that one!

Stan

[EditingBob]

After spending about a year (back) in PPro, here's yet one more example of way it slows down my editing.  Yesterday I was b*tching about the lack of decent metadata logging/searching abilities, the day before it was the inability to step into a source clip and adjust color/motion/etc and have it cascade throughout uses.  lol I'm just itching to to pick a fight with someone who thinks PPro is better in all ways than FCPX.    🙂     SO many updates come through CC and they ignore basic editing needs, stuff that's 95% of what we do all day.  Nope, here's a way to AI extend that shot that you'll use once every xx project (and they'll make you pay more for).  /rant off/   thanks for the vent space, lol