Video Programme Settings

Pro

Working with video is an Orbit Pro feature.

The Programme settings define the frame rate, resolution and aspect ratio of your video timeline. They sit at the top of the Video Clips panel in the Video View.

By default the programme is auto-detected from your first imported clip, and the summary line beneath the controls shows the current resolution, aspect and frame rate. You can change any of these at any time to suit your project.

INFO

Changing a programme setting while content is already on the timeline will trigger a re-render so playback stays optimised.

Frame rate

Choose the timeline frame rate:

• 23.976 fps (Film)
• 24 fps (Cinema)
• 25 fps (PAL)
• 29.97 fps (NTSC)
• 30 fps
• 48 fps (HFR)
• 50 fps (PAL)
• 59.94 fps (NTSC)
• 60 fps

Orbit doesn't interpolate or synthesise frames. Content below the programme frame rate plays at its native rate rather than being frame-generated up to match; content that supports the programme rate plays back at it.

Resolution

Leave it at Auto to follow your source, or set it explicitly:

• Auto
• 720p
• 1080p
• 1440p
• 4K UHD (3840 × 2160)
• 4K DCI (4096 × 2160)
• 6K (6144 × 3456)
• 8K UHD (7680 × 4320)

New in 1.6.0 (beta)

1440p, 4K DCI, 6K and 8K UHD join the menu, and 4K is now 4K UHD.

On a 360° timeline

While a 360° clip is on the timeline, the menu offers 360° sizes instead — Auto (follows your widest 360° clip), 4K 360° (3840 × 1920), 5.7K 360° (5760 × 2880) and 8K 360° (7680 × 3840). Picking a flat preset there sets the height of the 2:1 canvas — 1080p gives 2160 × 1080.

Aspect ratio

• Auto
• 16:9 — standard widescreen
• 9:16 — vertical (phone)
• 1:1 — square
• 4:3 — classic
• 2.39:1 — cinemascope

Square (1:1) and vertical (9:16) are supported for phone-based content — paving the way for the future of spatial content on mobile.

360° video is always 2:1

While a 360° clip is on the timeline, the canvas is 2:1 whatever the aspect is set to, and the menu reads 2:1 · 360°. Your aspect setting isn't changed — it returns as soon as no 360° clip is on the timeline.