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  Interesting AE Quiz

  Posted by Roland R. kahlenberg on July 7, 2009 at 1:59 am

  The Timeline Indicator is currently set at 00;00;05;20
  After clicking on the timecode display, what do you type if you want to

  a) move to a specific time such as 00;00;12;22
  b) move 22 frames forward
  c) move 22 frames back

  Cheers
  RoRK

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  Brian Charles replied 16 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Brian Charles

  July 7, 2009 at 3:30 am

  Interesting Quiz RoRK. I thought I knew until I tried it.

  A) To go to 00;00;12;22 type 1222 or 12.22
  B) 22 frames forward type + 22
  c) 22 frames backward type +-22 **This one got me** plus minus 22
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  Stuart Elith

  July 7, 2009 at 3:58 am

  this is mostly just academic for me, I don’t tend to use the timecode jump… but i had a look anyway 🙂

  I was expecting to click on it (so it brings up the box), then put my cursor after the last number and type something like “+ 0.22” to jump forward 22 frames. That didn’t work at ALL, gave some very large changes.

  I learnt that if you don’t deselect the timecode (i.e when you press the button, it brings up the box with the timecode selected, LEAVE it like that) then type +0.22 or whatever, then it works as expected.
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  Giriraj Bakale

  July 7, 2009 at 6:19 am

  Hi friends….

  i saw afterfx works like this for me…
  when we type numbers til 99 it goes for frame but if you want to jump to sec i just type 100 for 1 sec, 200 for 2, and on and on…

  Giriraj Bakale
  Post Pro
  INDIA
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  July 7, 2009 at 2:31 pm

  [Brian Charles] “c) 22 frames backward type +-22 **This one got me** plus minus 22”

  After using AE for such a long time and trying a few possibilities I actually gave up on this one until a student experimented a little and found out that +- worked to move the CTI (current time indicator) backwards.

  It all boils down to AE allowing for the CTI to move to a negative time value. While it is at times useful for layer in-points to start at a negative point in time, I really don’t see any benefit for the CTI itself to move into a negative timecode.

  If the CTI was prevented from moving into this negative area, then typing -22 would correctly and intuitively move the CTI back 22 frames.

  Do you guys see any use for the CTI to move into negative territory?

  Cheers
  RoRK

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  Brian Charles

  July 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  [RoRK]It all boils down to AE allowing for the CTI to move to a negative time value…
  Do you guys see any use for the CTI to move into negative territory?

  None at all. It was counter-intuitive and useless to me.

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