GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 609971
Ability to manually set length of clips (in seconds or frames)
Last modified: 2015-10-20 13:16:38 UTC
It would be great to be able to specify the length of a clip, especially for static graphics such as bitmaps. Otherwise, it is difficult to get a consistent length for titles. Workaround is to copy the length of a master clip by using the end-of-clip snap on a clip in a separate track.
Makes sense, there could be a way to right-click a clip and do a "Set duration" or something like that... I'm wondering if - this should apply only to still images - if it also applies to video etc.: this is trimming, and it causes the problem of having two extremities (the beginning and the end point). Or should it "stretch" the video over time? Hmmm.
Maybe it could be part of a more general 'properties' panel (dialog box or tab) for a clip? I don't know if this goes against the look&feel guidelines for the program, but it might be a nice place to put adjustments for things like trim adjustment points and stretching.
But then if you had a "clip trim properties" thing that used a visual representation, you'd end up with the same problem (ie: lack of absolute precision)...
Created attachment 153851 [details] Quick sketch of a possible 'clip properties' dialog
Sorry for the crude sketch, this is what I was thinking. The 'seconds' display is supposed to be a drop-down list. A major issue that is coming to mind is how other clips on the timeline would be expected to react- do they get pushed back, cropped themselves, or does the modified clip drop into it's own track? It might make more sense to just have a right-click property for static graphics though, and not get too deep into this :-).
*** Bug 632416 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Just a "me to" - I've been trying to find a way to do frame-accurate editing in Pitivi for a while with no luck. Being able to make frame-accurate edits is a basic function for any serious video editor. If you need to make something *exactly* 2 minutes, 3 seconds, and 5 frames, dragging stuff around in a GUI just doesn't do it - you really need a dialog where you can specific exactly where the edit should be.
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