Specifying Frame Holding Duration

You can specify a hold duration for each frame. For instance, if you set the Hold Frame Duration to 2, the footage moves ahead one frame as the composite moves ahead by two. This is the same as setting the frame rate to 15 fps.

If you change the frame hold duration, the clip duration also changes. By setting the hold duration to two, you are doubling the length of the clip. Set the frame hold duration to three to triple the length of the clip, and so on.

This is a particularly useful setting for cartoon animators. For instance, if you import an image sequence for which each frame has to repeat four times before advancing, the associated frame rate would have to be 7.4925 fps. It is much easier to set this using the Hold Frame Duration option than by trying to calculate this value in frames per second.

To specify a hold duration:

1. Show the Output controls for the Footage operator.
2. Enter a value in the Hold Frame Duration field.

The next time you play back the footage, its frames advance according to the specified hold duration.