Why doesn't increasing frame rate reduce playback time?

Evan Scott · Post by **Evan Scott** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:21 am

I have an animation that takes 13 seconds at 24 fps and I figured I could cut the playback time by almost half if I increased the frame rate to 60 fps. I was surprised when it didn't change the playback time an iota. What am I missing?

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:58 am

setting the FPS in project settings(ctr+shift+p) should rescale the animation. Alternately you could use the rescale keyframe option in the animation drop-down menu. This is probably the better way of doing it

Evan Scott · Post by **Evan Scott** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:35 am

Ok, so I hadn't thought to try setting the frame rate in the project settings. I had been using the Export Animation.Compression Settings.Frame Per Second option. That definitely has no effect on the movie playback time which may mean that it is not working? On the other hand, when I used the project setting, the movie time was exactly as calculated. Who would have guessed?

Thanks for the idea.

Evan