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If you’ve created a Fusion clip or a compound clip, then the “working range” reflects the entire
duration of that clip.
The Time Ruler displaying ranges for a Fusion clip in the Timeline.
Render Range
The render range determines the range of frames that are visible in the Fusion page and that
are used for interactive playback, disk caches, and previews. Frames outside the default render
range are not visible in the Fusion page and are not rendered or played.
You can modify the duration of the render range for preview and playback only. Making the
range shorter or longer does not trim the clip in the Edit or Cut page Timelines.
You can change 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.
Drag either the start or end yellow line to modify the start or end of the range.
Right-click within the Time Ruler and choose Set Render Range from the
contextual menu.
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.
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