Control playhead in User Command

Sir_Ivan

Add "Timecode" command to User command. There should be a setting to move playhead or selected clips.

PAL

Hi Sir_Ivan,
I'm new to Excalibur so maybe this feature is available already? It would be very useful for presets.

For example, I often need to fade in/out lower thirds over a set time. I would love to add a user command like that:

Set Opacity keyframe to 0
Move playhead forward x seconds/frame
Set Opacity keyframe to 100

I found I could do this using the "Step forward/back many" keyboard shortcut but I also need this setting to be set at a certain number. It would be much simpler if I could tell Excalibur to move my playhead in a user command.

Thanks !

PAL

Also another thought, it would be great if one of the options of this command was to move playhead to start/end of clip or to start/end of timeline

Sir_Ivan

@PAL yes, this is something I want to implement, probably next update will get it.

PAL Also another thought, it would be great if one of the options of this command was to move playhead to start/end of clip or to start/end of timeline

Interesting suggestion. What use case do you think of? I guess fade out from playhead to clip end.
Do you have any other thoughts where you think it would be useful?
I ask this because if it is only related to control of Opacity (or audio volume), maybe I just should make a separate command for that.

PAL

Sir_Ivan

Well in general I often run into a case where I have to place a keyframe at the end of a clip, so that could be useful to set up user commands. I could also imagine a case where one would want to paste a clip at the end of another clip ? I just got Excalibur today so if I run into other cases over time I'll update you here !

Sir_Ivan

PAL oh, paste clip at the end of another one is a good example!

PAL

Sir_Ivan

Great ! And if I may add, thanks for being so responsive, it's so nice to feel heard. You're an awesome dev, I'm even more glad I paid for and got this extension now 😄

Sir_Ivan

PAL Thank you, it is a pleasure to hear your words.