Pause
The pause tool inserts pause blocks into the playback timeline of the clip.
Automatic pause
Inserts pause block with a desired duration. Supported by Zoom Pan and Playback speed tools.
Select a clip. Select the frame inside the video where you want your pause to start. | |
Press the Edit Pause button. If no Pause is defined at the current time, a new Pause block is created.
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| Use the Jog/Shuttle to define pause length. You can see the actual length of the block on the timeline. The pause block is rendered in red color on the timeline. |
Press Edit Pause button again. | |
Press the Save button to save the timeline into the clip. |
Manual pause
Insert pause point at given time. Playback stops here and waits for user request to continue playing. Supported by the Pause tool.
| Select a clip. Cue to the desired pause beginning. |
Press the Pause button. Pause point is created. | |
| The pause points are rendered above the timeline. Pause point is rendered in yellow while current time equals to time of that pause point. |
Press the Pause button while being on an existing pause point. | |
Press the Save button to save the timeline into the clip. |
Slow Motion
Inserts a slow motion block into the playback timeline of the clip. When the clip is played, the playback speed is changed in defined time range.
To define Slow motion
| Select a clip. Cue to the desired Slow motion block beginning. |
Press the Edit Slow motion button. If no Slow motion block is defined at the current time, a new Slow motion block is created. | |
| Use Jog/Shuttle to define Slow motion length. You can see the actual length of the block on the timeline. |
Press the Edit Slow motion button again. | |
| Press the Save button to save the timeline into the clip. |
Pause/slow motion length
The length of the Pause/Slow motion blocks is rendered on the timeline.
The format is SS:FF, where:
- SS means seconds
- FF means fields or frames, depending on current video format (e.g. for HD_1080I _ 50 the FF values are in the range 0..49.
Initial duration of pause
Initial duration (in seconds) of a newly created pause can be set in the configuration file:
<Timeline> <PauseDefaultDuration value="5"/> </Timeline>