<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_7_1.html" title="Changing a clip's speed">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_7_3.html" title="Playing clips in reverse">Next</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_7_0.html">Changing clip speed, direction, and volume</a></div><h4 class="head2">Freezing a video frame</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">You can freeze one frame of a clip so that only that frame appears for the duration of the clip, as if you imported the frame as a still image. You can freeze on the clip's In point, Out point, or at a frame you designate with Marker 0 (zero) within the clip. If the video includes linked audio, the audio still plays for the duration of the clip. You can delete the audio or disable it if desired.</p><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />If you want the video to play and then appear to freeze, or to start out as a still image and then begin to play, you can split the clip and freeze one of the resulting clips. Another approach is to use the Export Frame icon <img src="images/06_ExportFrame.gif" alt="Export Frame icon " height="12" width="16" /> in the Monitor window to create a still image of a frame. You can then place the image in the Timeline window and set its duration as you would any other clip. (See <a href="1_11_6_0.html">Exporting a frame as a still image</a>.)</p></ol><p class="headstep">To freeze a video frame:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Double-click a clip in the Timeline window to display it in the Clip view of the Monitor window.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">To freeze on a specific frame, rather than the In or Out point of the clip, locate the frame you want displayed, and choose Marker > Set Clip Marker > Other Numbered. Then, specify 0 (zero) for Set Numbered Marker, and click OK.</li><p class="note"><span class="bold">Important:</span> You must set a Clip marker in the clip, not a Timeline marker in the movie.</p><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Select the clip in the Timeline window.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="4">Choose Clip > Video Options > Frame Hold.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="5">In the Frame Hold Options dialog box, select Hold On. </li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="6">Choose the frame you want to hold from the menu: In Point, Out Point, or Marker 0.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="7">Specify the following options as desired, and then click OK:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">Hold Filters prevents any keyframed effect settings (if any are present) from animating during the duration of the clip. Effect settings use the values at the held frame.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Deinterlace removes one field from an interlaced video clip and doubles the remaining field, so that interlace artifacts are not apparent in the freeze frame.</li></ul><p class="note"><span class="bold">Note:</span> If you set the hold frame on an In or Out point, changing the In or Out point doesn't change the freeze frame. On the other hand, if set to hold on Marker 0, moving the marker does change the frame displayed.</p></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_7_1.html" title="Changing a clip's speed">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_7_3.html" title="Playing clips in reverse">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_7_0.html">Changing clip speed, direction, and volume</a></div></td></tr></table>
