Presentation mode
Window → Present (Preview).
Full-bleed, distraction-free playback on a dark stage, with real player chrome rather than the editor’s timeline.
What is there
| Control | Notes |
|---|---|
| Transport | Start (Home) · previous frame (←) · play · next frame (→) · end (End) · loop (L) |
| Progress bar | Seekable and draggable |
| Timecode | Current and total, computed at the composition’s frame rate |
| Badges | Size, frame rate, and preview quality |
| Download current frame | Writes a PNG |
| Export video… | Opens the export dialog |
| Fullscreen · Exit | Esc leaves presentation mode |
The preview-quality badge is live — click it to cycle. Changing quality actually re-renders at fewer pixels, rather than relabelling the same image.
The picture is drawn by the same engine as the editor’s viewport and the export, so what you review here is what will be written to the file.
What it is for
- Reviewing timing without the timeline biasing what you see. Watching a playhead move changes how you judge motion.
- Showing work to someone, on your screen or a second monitor, without them looking at panels.
- Grabbing a frame for a thumbnail or a still, at exactly the moment you want.
Frame-accurate stepping means you can find the exact frame something lands on and check whether it lands on the beat.
There is no review layer
Presentation mode is playback, and that is the whole of the review story.
Review comments, the approval flow and shareable review links were removed outright — not gated, not hidden behind a plan. Collaboration is not what this app is for, and a half-present feature was judged worse than an absent one.
To send work for review, export it. See Export formats.