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Inserting objects
Is there a way you insert an object into SL that it only inserts for a few seconds and not for the entire duration of the slide? Thank you.
What sort of object?
You can set on the timeline when it ends.
Hello James,
Happy to help!
You can control when an object will be visible by adjusting its position in the timeline of the slide. Here's a quick video which shows how to adjust the timeline of a rectangle shape so that its only visible for a few seconds:
Let me know if you have any questions!
How did you get the object that you brought in not to be the same timing length as the video? I know how to move the timeline around; it's adding things, and they are the same length as the video. Here is an example, I have a timeline that is 120 seconds long. I want to add a shape at the 30-second mark, but when I add the shape, it goes in at 30 seconds and stops at the 120-second mark. I hope I explained that well.
You probably can’t change that behavior, objects tend to have their own version of a good default length. So you have to adjust the timing after it goes in. Joe’s video show one method, moving the end to the left.
Another method is to right-click the object on the timeline, choose timing, and set it to the length you want.
Thank you
