Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Drag the Start and End Work Area bars to change where your playhead starts and
stops (so when you click Play, it will start 10 seconds into your movie, at the left bar,
and stop 20 seconds in, at the right one)
Step Four:
There are some other shortcuts you might want to use once you really dig into this, but for
now, I'd just concentrate on those ones I've given you here, because they're the ones you'll
use every time you make a movie. Just in case you need them, though, here are a few more:
To jump back one frame, press the
Left Arrow key
. Add the
Shift key
to jump back 10
frames. Use the
Right Arrow key
to jump forward one frame; add the Shift key to jump
forward 10. To jump to the end of your timeline, press the
End key
on your keyboard. To
jump back 1 second in time, press
Shift-Up Arrow key
. To jump forward 1 second, press
Shift-Down Arrow key
. Again, you may not ever use these, but at least you know they're
there.
To jump back 1 second in the timeline, press Shift-Up Arrow. To jump forward 1
second, press Shift-Down Arrow
Step Five:
There are some other important things you'll want to know about the Timeline panel: One
is that you can change the size of the thumbnails in the Timeline panel by dragging the size
slider at the bottom of the panel (it's shown circled here in red). Dragging to the left makes
the thumbnails smaller; dragging to the right makes them larger. The advantage of choos-
ing a smaller thumbnail size is that you'll see more of your movie in the timeline without
