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Display shot lengths as seconds, TC, or seconds + frames

In animation we often express shot lengths and scene lengths as seconds + frames. For example three seconds and two frames could be written 3 + 2k (“k” is for “koma” which means frame) or sometimes 3s2f or sometimes in time code style, like 00:03.02. And of course, sometimes we use your style.

Of course frame display is meaningless without the concept of frame rate. But I think, even if you store times as a floating point seconds value internally, you could still offer users a frame rate setting that would influence time display.

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  • ShotGlide

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    Jul 7

    Great suggestion. Times are stored internally as seconds, so a frame-rate setting that drives a display (seconds+frames, timecode, or plain seconds) is very doable. I'll add it to the board so other users can vote on it too. Thanks for the feedback.