Finding the Right Frame

[dannyg12]

It would be nice if the mouse wheel scrolled thru the video frame by frame. I have other software that uses the mouse wheel to scroll the video and it is a very fast and easy way to find the precise frame that you want.

[Ken Berry]

With your video in timeline view in VS9, and with the Zoom in/out slider to the immediate top left of the timeline out to full zoom (i.e. showing each frame), hover your mouse over the slider at the very bottom of the screen. A crossed four-pointed arrow should appear. Then move the wheel. The timeline should then move frame by frame. At least, it does on mine!

Actually, it also works even if the Zoom In/Out slider is not set to full, too...

[BrianCee]

Ah yes Ken but that moves the whole timeline along it does not move the picture in the preview screen (or the cursor) along one frame at a time.

I don't know how to do it with the mouse dannyg - but my method for simple frame advancing is to first click on a number in the timecode showing at the bottom right corner of your preview screen - the number starts to flash - now using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard will alter the selection to 'hours', minutes, seconds or frames - after making the selection the up and down arrow keys now advance one hour, minute, second or frame depending on what you selected.

[Ken Berry]

Sorry! I only ever use the frame by frame forward and backward arrows under the preview screen to move between frames. Clicking the mouse button a few times has never bothered me, though I concede the wheel movement might be less tiresome!

[rguthrie]

dannyg12,

Here's a workaround that may work for you. You can use the mouse wheel to move frame-by-frame in Multi-Trim. Then you can just notate the frame you want and go back into the regular timeline.


Hope this helps,
Ron G.