Preview playback

Preview displays the composited project at the current playhead. Rendering work is separated from the main UI loop so an expensive frame is less likely to freeze the whole editor.

Play and pause

Press Space or use the transport Play control. Audio is kept aligned to timeline time and is reset when you jump to a substantially different point.

Jump controls

Home goes to 0 seconds. End goes to project duration. Left/Right step by one second, or five seconds with Shift.

Loop awareness

An active timeline loop is respected during playback.

Heavy frames

Plugins, large source frames, multiple composited layers and expensive generators can all increase preview time. Lower Preview quality when you need a lighter real-time render. This does not reduce final render quality.