Footage / Image too long in timeline

Hi there,

Quick one, how do I get to the end of an image or piece of footage that is beyond the length of the the duration of the project?

For example, if the project is 10s long and I drop a clip that is 20s long into the timeline (but only need the first 5s) I can't seem to navigate to the end of the clip to size it left.

Cheers

Are you able to get the playhead to the end of the clip, or are you not able to ripple the tail of the clip in shorter?

Hit "A" while the Timeline pane is active, to be sure you're not accidentally trying to work with a different tool other than the Arrow (Select) tool.

Hey BenB,

Thanks for the reply.

I can't physically navigate to the end of the clip that is too long for the project duration (See Screengrab).

Of course, I can move the clip left until I see the end of the clip and start resizing from there but then invariably I have to then move the clip right again to make sure the beginning of the clip starts at frame 1 in the timeline.

Surely there's an easier way to do this?

Cheers

Ah, Motion, duh! Wake up, Ben!

OK, easy. Click the "clock" in the Dashboard to change it to read Project Duration. Double click it, and enter the duration of your clip. Then you can access the whole thing.

Or, if you just want to trim the clip, select that image layer, place the playhead where you want to trim it to, use "i" to set its In Point there, or "o" to set its Out Point there.