• Adobe After Effects

  AE Timeline Panel starts at 39:17 instead of “0”

  Posted by Sally Vale on June 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm

  I don’t know what in the world is going on. I’m sure I accidentally hit something to make it all screwy, but now I don’t know how to switch it back to normal.

  I have 3 compositions open in an After Effects project right now. The first one I created by dropping a Quicktime file into the “create a new composition” icon. The file is 34 seconds long. That composition is fine. The next composition I created the same way, but with a different file this time. This one starts at 39;17 instead of 0;00.

  Any one have any idea what has happened-or more importantly-how I switch it back? It’s workable, just annoying.

  Thank you!

  Walter Soyka replied 12 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jeff Hinkle

  June 16, 2014 at 7:21 pm

  Composition>Composition Settings and change Starting Timecode to 00

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  It is easier to destroy than to create.
  More fun, too.
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  Walter Soyka

  June 17, 2014 at 2:27 pm

  [Sally Vale] “Any one have any idea what has happened-or more importantly-how I switch it back?”

  Jeff told you how to switch it back.

  I’ll add when you drop a movie onto the new comp button to make a new composition, its starting time is based on the timecode of the movie. This is a really useful feature when you want the TC of your output to match the TC of your input.

  Walter Soyka
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