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‌— Enter new ranges in the Range In and Out fields to the left of the transport controls.‌

— Drag a node from the Node Editor to the Time Ruler to set the range to the duration of that node.

You can return the render range to the In and Out points of the timeline clip by doing one of the following.

— Right-click within the Time Ruler and choose Auto Render Range.

— Click back in the Edit or Cut page, and then return to the Fusion page.

Time Ruler Controls in Fusion Studio

The Time Ruler, located beneath the viewer area, displays two different frame ranges: one for the entire composition, called the global range, and the other called the render range, which determines what to render and what to cache in memory for previews. The global start and end range takes up the entire Time Ruler and sets the total duration of a composition. You cannot move the playhead outside the global range.

The Time Ruler displaying ranges for a clip in the Timeline via yellow marks (the playhead is red)

Global Start and End Range

The global start and end range is simply the total duration of the current composition.

You can change the global range by doing one of the following:

— To change the global range for all new compositions, choose Fusion Studio > Preferences on macOS or File > Preferences on Windows or Linux. In the Global and Default Settings panel, enter a new range in the Global range fields.

— To change the Global range for the current composition, enter a new range in the Global Start and End fields to the left of the transport controls.

— Dragging a node from the Node Editor to the Time Ruler automatically sets the Global and Render Range to the extent of the node.

Render Range

The render range determines the range of frames used for interactive playback, disk caches, and previews. Frames outside the render range are not rendered or played, although you can still drag the playhead to these frames to see the unused frames.

To preview or render a specific range of a composition, you can modify the render range in a variety of ways.

You can set the render range in the Time Ruler by doing one of the following:

— Hold down the Command key and drag a new range within the Time Ruler.

— Right-click within the Time Ruler and choose Set Render Range from the contextual menu to set the Render Range based on the selected Node’s duration.

— Enter new ranges in the Range In and Out fields to the left of the transport controls.

— Drag a node from the Node Editor to the Time Ruler to set the range to the duration of that node.

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