Modifying frame sequence and frame display time

You can edit movies by reorganizing and customizing the frame sequence. You can insert blank frames or movie files. You can also move frames and entire movie or image files. You can also delete frames to reduce movie playback time.

The display time determines the length of time that each frame displays on the screen. By changing the display time, you control the speed of moving objects. You can set a display time for individual or multiple frames.

To change the order of movie frames

1 .	Click Window Dockers Movie.

In the Movie docker, a red outline around a frame thumbnail indicates the active frame. This is the frame that is displayed in the image window. Active frames can be edited. There can only be one active frame at a time.

Selected frames are indicated by blue highlighting. Selected frames can be moved, deleted, and have their display time changed. There can be more than one selected frame at a time.

You can also change the order of movie frames by clicking the Move frame button on the Movie toolbar.

To insert frames into a movie

1 .	Click Window Dockers Movie.

2 .	In the Movie docker box, click the Insert frame button .

If you are inserting frames into a partially loaded movie, use the Movie docker to determine where to locate the new frames. The Movie docker displays the actual frame numbers from the full movie. The movie status bar, located at the bottom of the image window, displays only the total number of frames in the partially loaded movie, not the frame numbers.

In the Movie docker, a red outline around a frame thumbnail indicates the active frame. This is the frame that is displayed in the image window. Active frames can be edited. There can only be one active frame at a time.

Selected frames are indicated by blue highlighting. Selected frames can be moved, deleted, and have their display time changed. There can be more than one selected frame at a time.

You can insert up to 100 frames into a movie at a time.

You can also insert frames into a movie by clicking the Insert frame button on the Movie toolbar.

To insert files into a movie

1 .	In the Movie docker, click the Insert from file button .

If the Movie docker is not open, click Window Dockers Movie.

If the current movie and the inserted file are different sizes, the inserted file conforms to the image dimensions of the current movie.

In the Movie docker, a red outline around a frame thumbnail indicates the active frame. This is the frame that is displayed in the image window. Active frames can be edited. There can only be one active frame at a time.

Selected frames are indicated by blue highlighting. Selected frames can be moved, deleted, and have their display time changed. There can be more than one selected frame at a time.

You can also insert files into a movie by clicking Window Toolbars Movie and clicking the Insert from file button .

To delete frames from a movie

If the Movie docker is not open, click Window Dockers Movie.

2 .	In the Movie docker, click the Delete frames button .

In the Movie docker, a red outline around a frame thumbnail indicates the active frame. This is the frame that is displayed in the image window. Active frames can be edited. There can only be one active frame at a time.

Selected frames are indicated by blue highlighting. Selected frames can be moved, deleted, and have their display time changed. There can be more than one selected frame at a time.

You can also delete frames by navigating to the frame you want to delete and clicking the Delete frames button on the Movie toolbar. If the Movie toolbar is not open, click Window Toolbars Movie.

To change the display time of a frame

1 .	Click Window Dockers Movie.

If you want to test the effect of the frame display time change on the movie, click the Play button .

In the Movie docker, a red outline around a frame thumbnail indicates the active frame. This is the frame that is displayed in the image window. Active frames can be edited. There can only be one active frame at a time.

Selected frames are indicated by blue highlighting. Selected frames can be moved, deleted, and have their display time changed. There can be more than one selected frame at a time.

You can change the display time of multiple frames simultaneously by holding down Ctrl, choosing the frames, and typing a value in the Frame delay box.

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