How many frames are in 1 second at 60 fps?
60 frames
1 second of 60 fps footage holds exactly 60 frames. Frame numbering starts at zero, so they run from frame 0 to frame 59 — timecode 00:00:00:00 through 00:00:00:59.
How that is worked out
frames = seconds × fps
1 × 60 = 60 frames
Worth knowing
- The count scales with the clip: 0.5 seconds is 30 frames and 2 seconds is 120 frames.
- Each frame holds the screen for 16.667 ms at 60 fps, so trimming a single frame changes the running time by that much.
- The frames field of the timecode runs 00 to 59 before the seconds field moves, so the count ends at 00:00:00:59 rather than at a round number.
- Counting 60 timecode labels at 59.94 fps instead takes 1.001 real seconds, because that rate is 60 slowed by 1000/1001. Read the other way round, a real 1 second at 59.94 fps holds 60 frames.
1 second at every standard frame rate
| Frame rate | Frames | Frame duration | Last frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.976 fps | 24 | 41.708 ms | 00:00:00:23 |
| 24 fps | 24 | 41.667 ms | 00:00:00:23 |
| 25 fps | 25 | 40 ms | 00:00:00:24 |
| 29.97 fps | 30 | 33.367 ms | 00:00:00:29 |
| 30 fps | 30 | 33.333 ms | 00:00:00:29 |
| 50 fps | 50 | 20 ms | 00:00:00:49 |
| 59.94 fps | 60 | 16.683 ms | 00:00:00:59 |
| 60 fps — this page | 60 | 16.667 ms | 00:00:00:59 |
Durations here are real seconds. Over 1 second the 1000/1001 NTSC slowdown is too small to change the count — 23.976 fps holds the same 24 frames as 24 fps — but the gap grows to a full frame within a minute.
Nearby durations at 60 fps
| Duration | Frames | Last frame |
|---|---|---|
| 1 second — this page | 60 | 00:00:00:59 |
| 2 seconds | 120 | 00:00:01:59 |
| 3 seconds | 180 | 00:00:02:59 |
| 5 seconds | 300 | 00:00:04:59 |
| 10 seconds | 600 | 00:00:09:59 |
| 15 seconds | 900 | 00:00:14:59 |
| 20 seconds | 1,200 | 00:00:19:59 |
Need it for other values?
Turn an HH:MM:SS:FF timecode into a total frame count at your project frame rate.