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Aligning Clips in a Fusion Studio Composition
When you add a clip into a composition, the resulting Loader node is added at frame 0 of the composition. However, the vital portion of the clip you are interested in may not start until a few frames or even seconds later. To ensure you can align the timing of each piece of media, each
Loader includes timing and trimming options in the Inspector. You can also hold the first or last frame for a longer duration than the original media, and reverse or loop the clip to get more range for
your composition.
At the top of the Inspector are the Global In and Global Out settings. This range slider determines when in your composition the clip begins and ends. It is the equivalent of sliding a clip along a track in a Timeline. The Hold First Frame and Hold Last Frame dials at the bottom of the Inspector allow you to freeze frames in case the clip is shorter than the composition’s global time.
Use the Global In/Out range slider to slide a clip in time to have it appear at the correct time in a comp.
Below the filename in the Inspector is a Trim In and Out range slider. This range slider determines the start frame and end frame of the clip. Dragging the Trim In will remove frames from the start of the clip, and dragging the Trim Out will remove frames from the end of the clip.
Although you may remove frames from the start of a clip, the Global In always determines where in time the clip begins in your comp. For instance, if the Loader has a Global In starting on frame 0, and you trim the clip to start on frame 10, then frame 10 of the source clip will appear at the comp’s starting point on frame 0.
Use the Trim In/Out to remove unnecessary frames from the start or end of a clip.
Instead of using the Inspector to adjust timing, it is visually more obvious if you use the Keyframes Editor. For more information on the Keyframes Editor and adjusting a clip’s time, see Chapter 71, “Animating in Fusion’s Keyframes Editor,” in the DaVinci Resolve Reference Manual or Chapter 9 in the Fusion Reference Manual.