Reply To: Any suggested way to add time/space in the middle of a cutscene?

[dgoyette]

I’ll take a look at Sections. I wasn’t actually aware that was a thing. I’ll see if that helps my process, though as you mentioned, not moving keyframes when moving sections does seem pretty limiting. (Most of the difficulty I find in add “space” in the middle of a cutscene is due to needing to move keyframes.)

I imagine that allowing users to select and shift clips and keyframes at the same time could be terribly complicated, both for you to code it, and even for users to use it. I’d given this some more thought, and I think what might be the simplest version of this feature would be similar to audio sequencer tools that let you insert/generate “silent”. I imagine placing the scrubber at some point in the cutscene, and then clicking a button to insert more time at that position. A popup would ask me how much time I want to insert. Then, any clips to the right of the scrubber would be pushed that far to the right, and any clips that overlap the scrubber would be extended by that amount of time. For keyframes on overlapping clips, the keyframes to the right of the scrubber would be shifted to the right.

It’s not a perfect approach, as it could take a bit of trial and error for users to decide how much time is ideal. But it would be a pretty simple way to just insert some more time in the middle of things without completely disrupting all the clips. It doesn’t address the desire to perform the opposite approach (removing a chunk of time in the middle of a cutscene), but I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to do that yet, so I’m probably biased. 🙂

Anyway, sounds like a pretty complicated feature either way, and I have no idea how many users would actually use it.