Setting a Minimum Duration for a Scene

Overview

The duration of a scene is determined by three factors, which are as follows:

1. the duration of the narration
2. the duration of the video asset (if there is one and it is played to the end)
3. the time it takes to play the scene animation as defined in the layout

The longest duration (of the 3 mentioned above) determines the length of the scene. For example:

There may be cases, however, where you would like to overwrite the default scene duration with a minimum duration. If, for example, there is a significant amount of on-screen text for viewers to read, you may want to increase the scene duration so that there is enough time to complete reading all of it.

Further to the example above:

The maximum duration that can be set for a scene is 25 seconds.

Setting a Minimum Duration for a Scene

1.	Open the relevant video in the Studio.
2.	From the scene line-up, select the relevant scene.
3.	Access the Minimum duration action in one of the following ways:
	Scene Actions Toolbar Scene Thumbnail Preview Window
4.	Enter the value, in seconds, for the minimum scene duration. ▶ You can also use the slider to set the value. ▶ If required, you can add a maximum of one digit after the decimal point (e.g. 16.5).
5.	Click anywhere outside the dialog window to close the window.
	An icon is added to the scene thumbnail in the line-up to indicate that a minimum duration has been set for this scene. Hovering over the icon displays the scene duration.