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Is there a way to align the endpoint of the duration of an object?
I noticed that there are a variety of ways to set the starting point of an object's duration on the timeline--hitting "alight to playhead" or "Alight to cuepoint"--but I don't see any similar way to set the endpoint. When I hit a spot on the timeline where I want an object to end, I have to open up the timing on that object, and just do the math of subtracting the timeline location from the starting point to find the duration, and entering the duration.
Is there any way to simply specify the endpoint of an object's appearance similar to how you specify the starting point?
Some background. I find that with the math tutorials that I set up, it's easier to enter all of the numbers and equations as textboxes first, then record my narration, and sync the object appearances to the narration.
This means that I don't know when an object will start or end when I set it up.
Setting the starting point is easy as I go along. I just play the narration, stop it whenever I want something to start, and alight the starting point to the playhead. But I can't do that with the ending point.
While I could scroll to the end of the timeline, grab the end of the object, and drag it back, that would take a while, and so doing the math is quicker. But an ending function like the starting functions would be much quicker still.
Is there anything like that?
John
Please make "end at playhead" standard Articulate!
Agreed. Please make this a feature!
The fact that I can't just right click and say end at play head is a huge miss I am constantly wasting time dragging the end line to where I want it in the slide.
This is a GREAT question. Could someone please venture an answer? If this is not available it should be!! I spend so much time getting to the end of the timeline to drag back the end of an object to the playhead!
Hello I was just about to ask the same question, when I found this discussion. I am requesting party for this feature !
Ditto, would love to see this as an added feature. Spend LOTS of time dragging ends of items back to where I want them to fade out. Thank you.
It may be too late for A. Alex, but there is a solution for anybody else that has the same problem.
Select the Animation tab.
Motion paths will show, and you can click the end (red) dot on the motion path in question. Go to Format, and the X and Y coordinates of the size and endpoint of the animation will show. Even if it takes some experimentation, using those coordinates as a starting point makes it pretty simple to align the object to the animation endpoint.
Hi Walt,
Thanks for this suggestion. I will try that the next time this comes up. I used my own workaround as described above and it's just a big ol' pain to deal with.
Thanks for the answer Steven, I think I have the same problem as Marine, but it's not quite what we're looking for: we want to be able to Align Object End to Playhead but not only Align Playhead to Object End, as is currently the case on the timeline. If this option were available, it would really save a lot of time.
Hi I can't find the Timing window - how do I access that?
I have been hoping for this option for years! It would save so much time and make for more precise animations.
Thanks for chiming in, Kristen! It's helpful to know how in-demand this feature is.
