<p>That means there's extra media after the end of the clip.  If you hover the mouse over the intersection of the semi-transparent part and the opaque part, it will turn into a double arrow &lt;-->.  If you then click and drag to the right and play back the file, you'll notice extra media appear as part of your composition.  <em>I.e.</em> something more will happen in the video.  Drag it to the left, and the clip will disappear when the playhead hits that part of the timeline.  The transparency just lets you know that whatever recorded the media file (a camera, for example) recorded <em>something</em> more than what you're seeing play back in the viewer.  In other words, you could potentially extend the edit.</p>

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<p>I followed a similar process of precomposing a number of layers but the last time it gave me something I hadn't seen yet and I'm trying to understand what happened.</p>

<p>In the image you see a green bar about 5 cm wide. To the right you see a further extending semi-transparent bar that extends off the screen. What is this?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7NYDZ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7NYDZ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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Screenshot - what is this on my layer?
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# Screenshot - what is this on my layer?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-11)

I followed a similar process of precomposing a number of layers but the last time it gave me something I hadn't seen yet and I'm trying to understand what happened.

In the image you see a green bar about 5 cm wide. To the right you see a further extending semi-transparent bar that extends off the screen. What is this?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/7NYDZ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7NYDZ.png)

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

That means there's extra media after the end of the clip. If you hover the mouse over the intersection of the semi-transparent part and the opaque part, it will turn into a double arrow <-->. If you then click and drag to the right and play back the file, you'll notice extra media appear as part of your composition. *I.e.* something more will happen in the video. Drag it to the left, and the clip will disappear when the playhead hits that part of the timeline. The transparency just lets you know that whatever recorded the media file (a camera, for example) recorded *something* more than what you're seeing play back in the viewer. In other words, you could potentially extend the edit.


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