# A focus and its moment

> Each focus belongs to one moment of your clip. Choose the moment on the timeline, find focuses by their dots, and move a focus to another moment.

A focus marks **one moment** of your clip — the moment the editor shows when you draw it. Choose a moment where the subject is clear: facing the camera, not hidden, not blurred.

## Choosing the moment

- Drag the slider under the frame, or click or drag on the filmstrip. The clock shows where you are.
- Each focus appears as a dot in its colour on the timeline. Click a dot to jump to that focus. Where several dots crowd together, a **+** button lists them.
- On your clip's page, a focus shows on the picture only while the clip is paused on its moment.

## One moment is enough

You mark the subject once. Optic uses that mark to know *which* subject you mean, and your words say what happens to it wherever it appears in the stretch. You do not need to mark every second.

## Moving a focus to another moment

1. Select the focus.
2. Move the timeline to the new moment.
3. Press **Move to this moment**, then **Apply**.

While the timeline is away from a focus's moment, you can still change its name and colour, but not its shape or place.

## Outside the chosen stretch

The editor shows your whole clip. A focus on a moment outside the stretch you chose still counts — it still tells Optic which subject you mean.

Source: https://routix.studio/help/focus/focus-and-time · Updated 2026-10-20