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The Fusion page controls for playback.
Navigation Shortcuts
Many standard transport control keyboard shortcuts you may be familiar with work in Fusion,
but some are specific to Fusion’s particular needs.
To move the playhead in the Time Ruler using the keyboard, do one of the following:
Spacebar: Toggles forward playback on and off.
JKL: Basic JKL playback is supported, including J to play backward, K to stop, and L to
play forward.
Back Arrow: Moves 1 frame backward.
Forward Arrow: Moves 1 frame forward.
Shift-Back Arrow: Moves to the clip’s Global End frame.
Shift-Forward Arrow: Moves to the clip’s Global Start frame.
Command-Back Arrow: Jumps to the Render Range In point.
Command-Forward Arrow: Jumps to the Render Range Out point.
Real-Time Playback Not Guaranteed
Because many of the effects you can create in the Fusion page are processor-intensive, there is
no guarantee of real-time playback at your project’s full frame rate unless you’ve cached your
composition first (discussed later).
Frame Increment Options
Right-clicking either the Play Reverse or Play Forward buttons opens a contextual menu. This
menu contains options to set a frame increment value, which lets you use a keyboard shortcut
to move the playhead in sub-frame or multi-frame increments.
Moving the playhead in multi-frame increments can be useful when rotoscoping. Moving the
playhead in sub-frame increments can be useful when rotoscoping or inspecting interlaced
frames one field at a time (0.5 of a frame).
Right-click the Play Forward or Play
Backward buttons to choose a frame
increment in which to move the playhead.
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