• Adobe After Effects

  Moving an object to an exact frame?

  Posted by Chris Grant on October 16, 2008 at 6:25 am

  Hello I was wondering if someone could tell me how to move an object to an exact frame in After Effects CS3.

  Basically what ive done is imported a fog video effect and it is not long enough to fill my whole compilation (I realize you can stretch the time across the whole compilation but it makes the fog VERY slow and choppy looking).

  I tried to duplicate the fog effect, than moved it after the first fog effect. The problem is that I cannot get the second fog effect to stop overlapping the first one OR the second fog effect is too far after the first so I am left with a black background in between frames. I basically need to move the second fog effect to the exact frame after the first one ends, but I am having no luck doing it manually with my mouse.

  Thanks in advance.

  Patrick Algermissen replied 17 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mark

  October 16, 2008 at 10:15 am

  First, you could right click on the Fog layer in the project window, then choose Interpret Footage, then in that dialog, let After Effects know how many times you would like to loop the layer…Next, in the comp window drag the right handle (the layer’s out) as far as you need.

  If you want seperate layers, then duplicate the layer as many times as you need, then highlight all of the layers, tight click and choose animation assistant-sequence layers.

  The last option is by using the nudge function. Pick a layer, then use alt and page up/down to nudge the layer in time one frame at a time. Add the shift key for 10 frames at a time.

  mark

  Mark Harvey
  Senior Editor
  Le Réseau des sports
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  Chris Grant

  October 16, 2008 at 11:16 am

  Thanks so much, appreciate it.
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  Patrick Algermissen

  October 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  Another suggestion, just for the sake of completeness:

  1) Select your first layer.
  2) Press the ‘O’ key (that’s “oh,” not zero) to move to the out point of that layer.
  3) Start dragging your second layer.
  4) Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging. This will cause your second layer to snap into place.

  The other suggestions are better, but this is a useful method to know as well.

  Patrick Algermissen
  Poem Pictures, Inc.
  http://www.PoemFilms.com

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