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ScottL
6 years agoCommunity Member
Inserting videos that have a shorter duration that the timeline
I’ve noticed that when inserting a video (MP4 file) that it can be a challenge to get the video’s ending to line up with it’s actual duration. For example, if a timeline has 20 seconds of content on...
LeslieMcKerchie
6 years agoStaff
Hi Scott,
You are correct. The default when adding new objects is to 'Show Until End' so that the timeline will extend if needed for audio/video elements.
If you right click on your video in the timeline and use the 'Timing' option, you should be able to turn off the 'Show Until End' and it will adjust to ending when the duration is complete.
Here's an example of a 30-second video on a 56-second timeline and I added another object as you mentioned, but was able to adjust the timeline for the video to end when the video is complete.