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- Location: Detroit MI USA
- Real Name: Ken Kellett
The Merge's timeline extent is determined by whatever is connected to its Background input. If the footage connected to the gold input is shorter than the timeline, then the Merge cannot be extended.
There are three ways around it:
1) In the Loader, use Hold Last Frame to extend the Loader's duration.
2) Use a TimeStretcher right before the Merge to freeze the footage on its last frame.
3) Make a Background node, put it into the background input of a Merge and the footage into the Foreground, then put the output of that Merge into your other Merge. Now, the extents (and resolution and color depth) of both Merges will be determined by the Background rather than by the Loader.