The Frame Properties dialog shows the properties that apply to an individual frame of the storyboard.

To view Frame Properties:

1. If the Story Tree is not already visible, do View > Story Tree/Properties View.
2. Select the frame whose properties you want to view. You can select the frame in the story grid, with the Go menu commands, or by clicking its node in the Story Tree.

The Frame Properties dialog then appears below the Story Tree.

The Frame Properties dialog contains:

• The frame's Title. This appears in the Story Tree to help identify the clip. You can also optionally include with the frame number when printing storyboards.
• The frame's Start time. This is the duration of all the preceding frames.
• The frame's Duration - how long it will last on screen, including any Overlap.
• The duration of the Overlap between this frame and the next frame.
• The frame's End time. This is the time at which the frame has completely passed, including any Overlap.
• The Animate camera check box, which controls camera animation for this frame. If this box is checked, Automatic Zoom is performed for Zoom Frame vectors within this frame's camera frame (as set in the Preferences dialog - Camera tab).

All times are shown in time controls.

To change a frame's duration:

Do one of the following:

• Change the Duration value to the desired duration.
• Change the End time to the time point at which you'd like the frame to end.
• Record the duration interactively in the Movie View.

Frame durations default to 3 seconds per frame.

Overlapping transitions

To indicate a transition between two frames other than a straight cut, set the Overlap property of the first frame. The following frame will then start fading in before the current frame ends. If there is no following frame, the Overlap is the length of the fade-to-black applied to the end of this frame.

You can set the Overlap duration manually, by editing the Overlap control, or you can record transitions interactively in the Movie View.