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  • Extending length of video frame in project without slowing video speed

    Posted by Nick Yule on September 2, 2015 at 6:49 am

    Hi,

    I am working with a range of AE Templates for intros and promo.

    In alot of these templates, there will be a slide show style, and they are usually on screen for a period of around 5 seconds (probably because alot of people just use photos).

    If I stretch the time length for that part of the composition, the section extends longer which is great, I can fit good 10-20 second chunks of video in, but it it into slow motion. I don’t want this.

    Is there any way I can extend a section of a template without compromising the speed of the video I put into it?

    TIA.

    Walter Soyka replied 11 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Walter Soyka

    September 2, 2015 at 9:41 am

    If the video is contained within a precomp, you’ll have to open up that precomp and extend its duration, then adjust the timing of layer in/out points and keyframes in the main comp.

    Walter Soyka
    Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
    @keenlive   |   RenderBreak [blog]   |   Profile [LinkedIn]

  • Nick Yule

    September 3, 2015 at 6:55 am

    Yes… my video length already exceeds the duration of the precomp…

    how do I go about adjusting the timing of layer in/out points and keyframes in the main comp.
    ty

  • Walter Soyka

    September 3, 2015 at 9:04 am

    You can click and drag. You can lasso-select keyframes the same way you’d lasso-select icons on your desktop, then drag them left or right. You can drag layers in the timelime left and right. You can drag the end of a layer to extend it.

    Since you’re new to After Effects, I’d recommend the following link, in which Adobe’s Todd Kopriva pulls together some important introductory materials:
    https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

    Walter Soyka
    Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
    Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
    @keenlive   |   RenderBreak [blog]   |   Profile [LinkedIn]

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